May 13, 2022

Man convicted 19 years after woman's rape in Kansas.

Posted May 13, 2022 1:00 AM
Pernell Mack from his Shawnee Co. arrest in 2020
Pernell Mack from his Shawnee Co. arrest in 2020

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Nineteen years after a woman was raped near Topeka, a man has been convicted of the crime after authorities determined his DNA linked him to the crime.

Pernell Adam Mack Jr., was convicted Wednesday of rape, aggravated kidnapping, aggravated burglary, aggravated robbery and aggravated criminal sodomy, District Attorney Mike Kagay said in a news release.

A sentencing date hasn’t been set.

Kagay said Mack and another person raped the woman at her home south of Topeka after robbing her and pistol-whipping her.

The investigation did not produce leads to possible suspects at the time, he said.