Jerald Leroy McAdams Arrested for Two Decades-Old Ogden Sexual Assaults

Jerald Leroy McAdams, a convicted sex offender, has been arrested in Washington State and linked through DNA evidence to two cold case sexual assaults and kidnappings that occurred in Ogden, Utah in 1994 and 1997. Both incidents involved McAdams offering rides to young women, then driving them to secluded locations and assaulting them, with one victim being 16 years old at the time. The cases went unsolved for decades until recent advancements in DNA technology matched evidence from the assaults to McAdams, whose DNA was in the national CODIS database following a 1999 conviction for a similar crime in Washington. In the 1997 case, the victim had previously identified McAdams, but charges were dismissed due to a procedural issue. Persistent efforts by Ogden police, in collaboration with Washington authorities, led to McAdams' recent arrest and extradition proceedings. He now faces felony charges of aggravated kidnapping and rape in Utah for both decades-old cases.