 Good afternoon. This is actually one of those days of mixing motions. It's exciting because we're able to make an arrest It's also said in the fact that you know, we're remembering a victim But one thing is we are bringing justice to this victim and her family. So we're very very excited about that It's also exciting because of technology because he uses technology With our strong partnership with the Florida Department of law enforcement who I cannot thank enough This is the first time in the state of Florida We are making an arrest of a familial DNA and FTO we'd be able to go further into that But this just allows law enforcement to be even better in solving cases and to bring justice To victims and their families. Another one too is I want to thank our state attorney's office because they've been very helpful throughout this investigation And let me say this has been a long investigation And I will tell you how proud I am of our members of our sheriff's office and all law enforcement Who worked on this because this truly was a team effort. I'm going to go back in history a little bit January 16th 1992 at approximately 3 p.m. And I can't state the victim's name because of the crime that occurred But there was a 17 year old black female. She was walking down the dirt road path just getting off the bus in school She was brutally attacked It was a horrific scene out there She was sexually assaulted She was bludgeoned and she was basically left for dead out there And if it wasn't by the grace of god her family Um, finding her when they did She might have deceased at that scene Our detectives did an unbelievable job Work in this case with what we had and that's one thing to kind of point out as the story goes on It's not just about the investigation, but it's about the improvement of technology Technology and law enforcement, especially with dna that has allowed us to get to where we are today And it's interesting because so many people who are a part of you know here today with us We're actually down to crime scene or investigate this Sergeant Dean Quinlan who now oversees the major crimes unit that is solving this case Was actually out there holding the crime scene as a deputy out there As this investigation progresses forward Detective jen christensen got this case She was out there. She actually produced some of the dna got some of the dna And provided to fdo lee one of our majors john corbin was involved in this investigation also He also submitted dna To fdo lee so as you can see this is something within our own sheriff's office that people played a playful role Now let us keep going forward technology keeps improving even though dna was submitted because of technology because of markers Um that were needed back then the amount of markers less markers were needed And that's a technical standpoint that fdo lee can get further into But it basically means that technology enhanced the way we looked at dna Which means it gave us a better ability to go out there and track down to commit these crimes So back in 2012 detective boyer who's here and can go further into this he gets this case He works with fdo lee works with the state attorney's office And they start working the familiar dna side of it now familiar dna basically is the family You know everybody in a family has dna that's connected to each other so they Basically provide the dna off this case to fdo lee and they start working yet They come back with a hit The hit comes back to jeffrey crumb the second That is the son of the suspect who was arrested in this case Um it comes back to him. He's serving a long sentence. Um, he won't get out until 2041 of state prison for numerous robberies So now they have the dna They say look, this isn't a suspect. However, somebody in his family is related to it They go back to the crumb family They speak to the grandfather The father of the person who's in prison and the brother They all agree. They consent. They give us dna The dna comes back to an exact hit on jeffrey crumb The suspect you see up there Match identically We're able to make an arrest and I can tell you His history he has a long criminal history sex back rape robbery And when this crime occurred he was on probation This is a very bad individual There's I say this is The information that we have the way this is going this is this is stuff that's usually on tvs and movies Um, however, we're blessed that We can use it now to solve these cases I want to tell you a little bit. I spoke this morning with the victim the victim's mother I spoke with the victim's mother because We talk about these cases who usually gets a spotlight is the suspect But I want to talk to her because After all this time she deserved You know to make sure that the story of her daughter is out there The story of the victim Because oftentimes as I keep going back to they're often overlooked But I want our citizens I want our viewers everybody out there to listen Of what kind of girl she was what kind of person this victim was Because when this goes forward I want everybody to realize What an unbelievable evilness Hard individual Jeffrey Crumb was the do what he did to this poor girl As I said, she was 17 years old She was an honor roll student She ran track and field She was very big into her church. She actually got baptized Um, in the area in land of lakes She was deeply engaged in her church And that was the one thing her mother kept stressing out She actually said to me and stated she was she actually read the bible every morning And I know she read it before she went out that morning and before this brutal attack She kept saying she is the daughter that every mother would want And this horrific tragedy Transformed her life It was interesting when I said I said, you know, we just started talking I said, you know, I was telling her, you know, what what what was her life like and She wanted to get into some of the details that happened that day She said That she the victim would always come home by three o'clock And she says i'm telling you every day by three o'clock. She was home and I said, okay And I said, you know why three and she goes because she wanted to watch general hospital She had to make it home to watch general hospital. That was the Time she was there was so when she didn't make it home The family knew there was something wrong So they notified the sheriff's office and they kept searching the area and they started walking all around There was a vacant house down the street They go to the vacant house And she says it was clearly by the grace of god and god's doing That they actually went to the back side of this house And that's where they found the victim in a pool of blood And I believe and probably like anybody else that if it hadn't been for the family Finding her then And getting her the assistance and her going to the hospital. She she would have passed away But she lived The other side of the story which is it's tremendous Is the fact that a couple years later One of the pasco county detectives I actually worked with her on a sketch And the victim was able to provide the sketch This was back in 1995 this crime occurred in 92, but she was able to provide the sketch To give the law enforcement now when you see the suspect you match this up and you know she did a really good job It was phenomenal that you know after the trauma that she took after the injuries that she took She was able to do this And you know, I keep going back to mother kept saying it's because of god and she says even to this day Her faith is extremely strong She has a deep connection to god And you know what? Maybe there was a reason all this happened and As the mother said she goes I would have never believed 22 years later This would have happened. She goes it was it was clearly god doing us And she said to us. She said, you know, you the pasco sheriff's office law enforcement. You're truly god's angels Because she said clearly that day The devil went after her daughter And now you were able to arrest them And that's why I think it's so important. We we talked about these cases. We don't ever let a case go We're pasco sheriff's office is fortunate. We just got a cold case grant There are approximately 80 cases on that list and if people are interested, please go to our website Get us any information we can Because with sergeant says his unit they're going to be going out there and keep looking at these cases Because his families deserve justice With dna today with technology, we're going to be able to make much more advancements The one thing out there Jeffrey crumb when our detectives talked to him and He didn't really have to say much and I'll let detective boy. You're going to that But I know there's probably people in our community There's probably people in the Tampa Bay region throughout the state of Florida That committed crimes And they've been living with them for years Well with this new dna We got another another way to come get you For the victims for the families We're going to make sure justice is served If you're a suspect Your door may get kicked in because your day of reckoning is coming We will clearly come after you And every day technology advances That day of reckoning keeps getting closer and closer We're going to come after you. We're going to continue to come after you Technology is allowing that And it's our persistency and relentlessness Because those families deserve it those victims deserve it I can't say enough how proud I am Working with fdoa of our detectives. This is one of those cases that clearly touched the lives of many of us And for the victim and the family the victim You know, we're happy to bring those justice We know there are numerous Other victims out there families That are seeing this and providing them hope And my message to you is the information that we are obtaining From this case, we are going to look at other cases We are going to work with other law enforcement agencies to see what else this evil individual had done We are going to put all the pieces together and we're going to follow the facts We're going to follow the information where it goes But we're not going to quit We are going to keep coming And as I keep saying your day of reckoning will be coming With that detective word Thank you very much sir You know, I feel that this uh, this investigation was like a relay race And I just feel very fortunate and blessed to be holding the baton at the end of the race My co-workers like Jen Christensen, Alan Proctor and all those other detectives in the sheriff's office who Have taken a vested interest in this case over the years should definitely be recognized I spoke with The mother of the child in this case and just like the sheriff said she is Very happy with the sheriff's office and very happy that this case was resolved Does anybody have any questions? We know that DNA testing kind of got started in like the late 80s and it's kind of like It took a long time for it to really I guess help with law enforcement What can you like walk us through how that how the technology changed since that time and How you're able to you know, I know in 1992 wasn't it wasn't that strong yet. It's hard to use I think Well 92 I would have been 10 and I'm not a DNA expert But I can tell you that the representatives from FDLE are here and they have all of that information for you I can tell you that in this case. I worked with a senior analyst Who's not able to be here today? Phenomenal sharp top notch and just great a great resource for our sheriff's office What was chrome when the he was arrested for this charge? He was at 3142 Darlington road Which is the Darlington residential treatment facility? And what was his crime? I mean had he been in jail recently was he had he ever been arrested for other crimes from his criminal history? He had some I believe it was a robbery without a weapon charge in the 80s that we identified and then we had a We didn't have a case but these were in Hillsborough Hillsborough also had a case on him In maybe the late 80s, which he was arrested for carrying a concealed firearm and being a convicted felon And then his recent history up until I think 2006 2007 that you guys can see is Driving under the influence driving on the suspended driver's license and stuff like that But never a violent attack like this one. He had been he had been investigated for a Sexual battery in Hillsborough County in 1985 and You know, that's Hillsborough's case We did obviously look at that to kind of set the baseline for us to have a good understanding of who he is Was he surprised that after all this time you got him most definitely he was Did he say anything to you once you're arrested? He completely denied everything Took him into custody And he just basically denied everything He didn't acknowledge knowing did you now victim or anything like that didn't associate with this case whatsoever Did you tell him about the DNA connection that he did? Most definitely the number that you guys see on the problem cause affidavit that one the certainty level of one in 7.7 Clinton trillion or yeah, Clinton trillion is 30 zeros. That's a big number and we laid that out to him He Was he was he was shocked, you know, he knew what time it was So this is the kind of thing where you run DNA In cold cases like every six months to see if you get hits, you know, a family's been picked up or You know what I mean? It's a three-part system the sheriff's office will have the cold case You have to have a strong DNA from what I understand Can't speak on behalf of the experts But the sheriff's office has to work with the Florida Department of law enforcement people like big people You know in conjunction with the state attorney's office because the submission of this familial DNA search has to be You know kind of branded by the commission from what I understand And that's the process that we've been through in this case But I mean it was kind of lucky right that he his son was in prison If it hadn't been hit would you have run it run this familial DNA search next year and then every subsequent year and you know In hopes that maybe someone related to him hadn't been picked up or or you know had their DNA tested or like I said This case is literally a relay race Detective Christensen she did her work on the DNA Major Gordon did his work on the DNA and it just progressed to the point where we did submit it And it would have been a progressive effort until the case was solved. This isn't a one-time shot, you know, and it's this technology Becomes better and better and maybe faster The opportunities are great. Like the sheriff said You can't hide it from the system just by yourself now there's different opportunities for law enforcement to identify Suspense did the victims suffer permanent complications and injuries from the attack and how was she doing now, you know I'm not really able to talk about the victim given the seriousness of the Case at hand, but you know If you have the opportunity to discuss that With the family, I believe that they would be able to explain to you There were serious injuries. I can tell you that which is Very concerning and I think you guys will have to understand that 30 experts on DNA if you want to come forward explain it to all of the DNA process and The familial search in answer to your question the party department law enforcement Once a sample or a case has been submitted for familial searching The policy is if there is no hits that are identified that lead to an investigative lead for the agency The florida department of law enforcement will repeat that search every year until there is a solution to the case So that is an ongoing investigation What familial DNA searching is it allows us to use the convicted offender Our qualifying offender DNA database to identify potential suspects in a case Based on the relationship that they may have to an individual in the database Um because the DNA is based on the fact that there is going to be an association That individuals that are related to each other are going to have certain characteristics of their DNA in common If there is an individual in the offender database That is related to an individual who have committed a crime the familial search has the ability to possibly identify that individual it is um So once the hits have been identified we will submit that information back to the law enforcement agency They will have to then make the determination of whether or not that information is valuable to their investigation And then proceed with the arrest or the prosecution as warranted Can you speak a little bit to the advancements of the data without getting too technical In terms of basically where it was before and where it is today Sure, um, and in this case is a really a good example of how Cases may be benefited by DNA testing at the time that the case the crime occurred in 1992 DNA was in its infancy The testing that was available to law enforcement was a technology called rflp And that required a very large amount of DNA sample and the DNA had to be in really good condition As the science has advanced over the years the technology is now advanced to the point that we can get DNA from very Mining quantities of DNA and the DNA can be in very poor condition. So when the case was first Identified when the crime was first occurring that it was really no significant DNA available As the years have progressed in 1998 Fdla first became involved in the investigation of this case And we did the DNA testing that was available to us at that particular time, which was referred to as PCR technology It had very limited discrimination value for but could be used to compare one case to another case to see if there was possible link in 2000 fdla brought online The str DNA technology that is currently used to this day It allowed us to produce a DNA profile that was subsequently entered into the offender DNA database But unfortunately this offender was not an individual who qualified for his profile to be on in the database So there was no hits identified As the technology has advanced over the years this case has basically stayed with us And we have continued to reevaluate the evidence as more more valuable technologies become available So in order for fdla to conduct a familial search the law enforcement agency With a joint request from the state attorney's office will submit a request for the familial surging And we will then submit that request through channels to the DNA database And in this case the profiles were entered There wasn't a hit identified to as it was said the son of the individual that was actually arrested And then the arrest was made Does the does the dna indicate only there's a relationship or can you identify that it was his father for example? The familial searching is actually the software is especially designed software that allows for us to identify a parent child relationship or a full sibling relationship The software does not confirm or verify that there is actually a biological relationship It only identifies based on the statistical probability That the profiles have enough in common that they may be from a related individual in that family We then will do a testing called y str testing and that testing is specifically Based on the dna in the y chromosome And it is passed from father to son unchanged So by doing the y testing you can determine that if the individuals have the same y dna profile They have to have a patrilineal relationship. They're related on the father's dna cell line Could you say and spell your name? My name is melissa sudd. It's m e l i s s a s u d d e t h What was your first name david david Do i er Did you say one more time or the suspect was right where he was when he was arrested? He was arrested Darlington residential treatment facility at 3142 Darlington road and holiday. Is that a rehab drug rehab? It's a residential treatment facility Can't necessarily talk about what he was in there for Thank you on everybody