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DNA from COVID mask helps jury convict child rapist Published Mug shot of Leonardo Ramirez Jr. (Photo provided by Monterey County District Attorney’s Office) KING CITY, Calif. - A Monterey County jury convicted a King City man for raping a 10-year-old girl in 2018, after investigators obtained the prime suspect s DNA from a discarded COVID mask more than two years after the crime. The jury found 28-year-old Leonardo Ramirez Jr. guilty of several charges Tuesday in addition to the rape, including the infliction of bodily harm on a child and using a dangerous weapon. The rape occurred Feb. 3, 2018, around 7 a.m., according to a press release issued Wednesday by Monterey County District Attorney Jeannine M. Pacioni. ....