Suspect in 1989 rapes identified by genetic genealogy

Massachusetts authorities are searching for a newly identified suspect in two rapes from 1989 -- a crime the Framingham police chief said "haunted the Framingham community for decades."

Stephen Paul Gale, 71, who was identified through genetic genealogy, is wanted on four counts of aggravated rape, two counts of kidnapping and one count of armed robbery, the Middlesex District Attorney's Office said Tuesday.

The crime unfolded on the morning of Dec. 27, 1989, when a man armed with a gun went into a Framingham clothing store and confronted two employees -- women ages 18 and 29, prosecutors said.