Bastrop, Tx–A jury in 423rd State District Court today sentenced Kenneth Ray Henry to 55 years in prison after finding him guilty of rape Wednesday in a 2004 assault in Bastrop.
At the time of the attack in April 2004 the victim, 51 at the time, was unable to identify her assailant or offer police significant clues to pursue the case. Investigators, however, collected medical evidence and sent it for analysis by the Texas Department of Public Safety in Austin.
Henry, 28, was linked to the crime only after he submitted a DNA sample to authorities while serving a term in state prison in 2007 for an unrelated offense. A computer data base of DNA profiles pointed to Henry as a suspect, said officials.