Police in Oakley believe they have cracked a more than 20-year-old sexual assault cold case after a man’s DNA popped up the national database upon his arrest in Idaho in 2022.  

The case began in April 2002, when a girl with a cognitive disability was out walking her dog near Laurel Road in Oakley. She was approached by a man who got out of his car, pointed a gun at her, and ordered her into the backseat, where he sexually assaulted her at gunpoint. 

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Katy St. Clair got her start in journalism by working in the classifieds department at the East Bay Express during the height of alt weeklies, then sweet talked her way into becoming staff writer, submissions editor, and music editor. She has been a columnist in the East Bay Express, SF Weekly, and the San Francisco Examiner. Starting in 2015, she begrudgingly scaled the inverted pyramid at dailies such as the Vallejo Times-Herald, The Vacaville Reporter, and the Daily Republic. She has her own independent news site and blog that covers the delightfully dysfunctional town of Vallejo, California, where she also collaborates with the investigative team at Open Vallejo. A passionate advocate for people with developmental disabilities, she serves on both the Board of the Arc of Solano and the Arc of California. She lives in Vallejo.