53-Year-Old Tennessee Man Arrested, Charged in 1996 Southern Indiana Rape Case

Man charged in 1996 rape investigation

SCOTT COUNTY — Police claim that a man arrested Saturday raped a woman in Austin in 1996, and that advanced DNA technology led to his capture.

DNA Solves 1996 Rape Case In Scott County

Source: Indiana State Police / Indiana State Police SCOTT COUNTY, IN – Decades after a violent crime shocked the local community, the Indiana State Police (ISP) Cold Case Unit has announced an arrest in a 1996 rape investigation in Scott County, Indiana. ISP Cold Case Detective Matt Busick arrested Sammy Wayne Riley, 53, of La Follette, Tennessee — a former Scott County resident—on a felony rape charge on Saturday, November 1, 2025. Advanced DNA…

53-year-old Tennessee man arrested, charged in 1996 southern Indiana rape case

Indiana State Police said Sunday in a release a Tennessee man was arrested in connection to a 1996 rape in Scott County, Indiana.

Suspect arrested in connection with 1996 southern Indiana cold case

A suspect has been arrested in a 29-year-old cold case, according to Indiana State Police.

Tennessee man arrested in 1996 Scott County rape investigation

SCOTTSBURG, Ind. (WISH) — A 53-year-old man from Tennessee has been arrested in connection with a 1996 rape reported in Scott County. In September 1996, then-Indiana State Police (ISP) Detective Delmar Gross (now a lieutenant in the investigative division) responded to a report from a woman who stated she was raped after leaving the former Austin Lounge in Austin, Indiana, with two men. The woman provided a name she believed belonged to her assa…

Southern Indiana cold case solved with arrest of Tennessee man after nearly 30 years

Police arrest a Tennessee man for a September 1996 sexual assault cold case in Indiana, using advanced DNA technology to identify him as the suspect.