Thanks to a DNA match, prosecutors have charged a 38-year-old man with raping a woman soon after meeting her in her northeast Minneapolis home nearly 12 years ago, an attack that investigators say also involved another man and a woman.
Now authorities just need to find the defendant, who allegedly raped someone else in Minneapolis five years after that earlier assault.
Donald D. Harris Jr., of Minneapolis, was charged Tuesday in Hennepin County District Court with third-degree criminal sexual conduct in the attack on Jan. 22, 2003, of a woman in her bedroom at 18th and Garfield Streets. A nationwide warrant has been issued for Harris' arrest.
According to the criminal complaint:
The woman told police she met people she only knew as Harry and Sharon that day through her boyfriend and invited them over to celebrate her birthday. They then shared drinks together.
Harris then arrived at Harry's invitation. The woman said she had never met Harris before.
After the four watched television, Harris went to the woman's bedroom and said he wanted to talk with her. She objected and told him to get out, but Harris covered her mouth and raped her.
Harry arrived intending to do the same, and Sharon also came in and started choking the woman.
