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Mohamud Bulle was convicted of raping Melissa Zimmerman in 2013, CBS Minnesota reported

The case was solved when DNA from a 2024 attempted-murder probe matched her long-untested rape kit, according to the outlet

Court documents obtained by PEOPLE said police initially closed the 2013 case after noting the victim did not want to proceed, an assertion that Zimmerman denied in court

A Minneapolis, Minn., man will spend nearly 20 years in prison for raping a woman more than a decade ago — a crime solved when DNA from a newer case matched evidence collected years earlier.

The Hennepin County Sexual Assault Kit Initiative retested backlogged kits and linked Mohamud Bulle to a 2013 attack on Melissa Zimmerman, CBS Minnesota reported, citing a criminal complaint. Zimmerman had

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