Coke can helps Mesquite police solve decade-old rape case involving blind woman
MESQUITE, Texas - It took nearly 10 years, but Mesquite police say they have finally solved a horrific case of sexual assault.
Jorge Post, 27, is charged with the September 2014 crime. Police say he beat and raped a blind woman and left her body outside a Mesquite home.
It took help from the feds and DNA evidence to finally track him down. The suspect was 17 years old at the time of the alleged sexual assault.
According to an arrest warrant, Post spoke with investigators who were canvassing the neighborhood the day after the attack. His mother’s home was only one block away. However, there was no immediate evidence linking him to the crime.
Jorge Post (Mesquite Police Department)
On September 2, 2014, a blind woman was sexually assaulted and severely beaten outside a home off Moon Drive in Mesquite.
Police say the woman lost consciousness and had fractures throughout her face.
A sexual assault kit was completed, but no DNA matches were found.
Nearly 10 years later, police say 27-year-old Post matched the DNA.
"This entire department has wanted justice for the victim for a long time," said Mesquite Police Lt. Michael Kelly.
Mesquite police say they asked the FBI in 2022 to use a new form of investigative genetic genealogy for this case.
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This year, they identified Post as a possible suspect, but they still needed more evidence.
In April, the FBI began surveilling Post. They watched him get lunch at a taquería and saw him drinking a Coke before throwing it into a trash can. Investigators collected it as evidence.
According to an affidavit, the DNA testing on the can came back this week and matched the DNA obtained from the sexual assault kit in 2014.
At the time of the assault, Post lived one block away from the crime scene, according to an affidavit. His relatives, who still live at the home, declined to talk on camera but say he moved to Dallas a while back.
Ciara Young is Post’s former coworker. She says he was recently fired for aggressive behavior with a manager.
"They got into it, whatever. He got fired and went loco, went nuts. And I ain’t seen him since," she said.
On September 2, 2014, a woman was found unconscious outside of a house on Moon Drive.
Mesquite police say they followed up on leads for years, but there was no evidence to obtain a substantial lead on a suspect.
Recently, the department, along with the Dallas FBI Field Office, were able to identify a suspect through extensive DNA investigative research.
On Wednesday, police arrested 27-year-old Jorge Post of Dallas and charged him with the aggravated sexual assault of a disabled person.
"We hope this arrest provides some relief for the victim from the traumatic event she had to endure," said Mesquite police in a statement.
Post was transferred to the Dallas County Jail. He was originally held in the Mesquite jail on a $5,000,000 bond.
Post has no previous criminal history, according to a public records search.