LEXINGTON (LEX 18) — One man was arrested in Lexington Friday, and charged in connection to multiple cold cases involving abductions and sexual assault.
52-year-old George Wayne Aldridge is the man in custody and is charged with the following:
- three counts of kidnapping
- two counts of first-degree rape
- two counts of first-degree sexual abuse
- two counts of first-degree sodomy
- one count of first-degree wanton endangerment
According to information released by the Lexington Police Department Saturday morning, these three cases in question spanned 2009-2016.
Every case centered around a female victim who was abducted before being sexually assaulted.
LPD adds detectives were able to use DNA technology to connect the victims and identify Aldridge as a suspect.
LEX 18 Investigates recently interviewed the Director of the Kentucky State Police Crime Lab who said forensic genetic genealogy testing was used in a serial rape investigation- and this appears to be the same investigation.
LEX 18 also discovered that Aldridge owns a towing business called "Wayne's Towing."
Aldridge is currently being held in the Fayette County Detention Center.
