The former North End resident will appear in a Boston courtroom Monday to face sexual assault charges dating back to when he was a college student in 2007 and 2008.
A New Jersey attorney working in Manhattan was linked to a rape spree in Boston more than 15 years ago through DNA on a drinking glass, authorities said Monday.
Matthew Nilo, a New Jersey attorney charged in several Boston rapes from 16 years ago, represents "a new type of criminal" suspect emerging, thanks to advances in DNA technology, according to renowned genetic genealogist CeCe Moore.Boston Police and the FBI used investigative genetic genealogy to arrest Nilo in several rapes in the Terminal Street area
Matthew Nilo, the New Jersey attorney charged with a series of rapes near the Charlestown waterfront roughly 15 years ago while living in the North End, will be extradited to Massachusetts to face the charges.