FAYETTEVILLE, NC (WTVD) -- Fayetteville Police have charged a suspect in connection with a cold-case rape that happened nearly 30 years ago.
Detectives investigated the Nov. 22, 1989, reported rape but were unable to close the case at the time.
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This case was recently reopened by the Fayetteville Police Department's Cold Case Sexual Assault Unit after sending off the sexual assault kit for DNA testing.
As a result, Antonio L. McNeil, 55, of the 2300 block of Slater Avenue has been charged with second-degree rape, second-degree sex offense, and first-degree kidnapping.
McNeil was already being held at the Cumberland County Detention Center on unrelated charges.
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McNeil appeared before a magistrate Monday on the new charges and was given a $400,000 secured bond.
Anyone with information concerning a sexual assault case more than five years old is asked to contact Detective R. DeShields with the Fayetteville Police Department at (910) 580-3016 or Crimestoppers at (910) 483-TIPS (8477).