Overview

• Ventura County prosecutors announced DNA evidence linking Sean Patrick McNulty to two 1982–83 Ventura rapes and to perpetrator profiles from 1994 and 1995 attacks in Michigan and a 1997 assault in Ohio.
• Testing of preserved Ventura sexual-assault kits led to CODIS matches across states, prompting a coordinated investigation with agencies in Michigan and Ohio.
• An investigative genealogist identified McNulty as a likely perpetrator, and a biological sample from a separate 1993 Bloomington, Indiana case confirmed the DNA matches.
• McNulty died by suicide in 1997 after being named a suspect in the Bloomington case, which prevents criminal prosecution in the linked assaults.
• Investigators have begun notifying located victims who report long-sought closure, and they highlight McNulty’s extensive travel and Navy service as they pursue additional leads.