A decades-old sexual assault investigation has led to an arrest following the work of Kentucky State Police detectives and advancements in forensic technology.
KSP Post Four has announced the arrest of 66-year-old Alberto Campirano of Texas, in connection with a 36-year-old sexual assault cold case in Hardin County that occurred in 1990 involving a woman who was home alone with her children when Campirano allegedly entered her home and raped her.
The KSP says KSP Post Four and the Sexual Assault Initiative Investigative Team began evaluating cases for potential retesting in 2022. Campirano was charged with a sex crime in Texas in 2012 and convicted in 2014, and the KSP was able to retest DNA obtained from that arrest.
In May of this year, a match in the Combined DNA Index System was made from the DNA analysis the KSP was retesting, identifying Campirano as a suspect in the open sexual assault case from 1990. On June 11, the Hardin County Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office presented the case to a grand jury, which indicted Campirano on charges of First Degree Rape, First Degree Sodomy and First Degree Burglary.
Detectives with KSP Post Four and SAKI on Wednesday traveled to Crystal City, Texas, where they were assisted by the Texas Rangers Division Company D and the Zavala County Sheriff’s Office in apprehending Campirano. He is currently incarcerated and awaiting extradition to Kentucky.
