The man charged for a series of home invasions and sexual assaults that occurred in Pullman nearly two decades ago has pleaded not guilty in Whitman County Superior Court.
47-year-old Kenneth Downing, of Elk, Washington, was arrested March 17th after the Pullman Police Department used DNA evidence collected at the crime scenes in 2003 and 2004 to link him to the cold case.
Downing pleaded not guilty to all 13 charges, including four counts of first-degree rape, one count of indecent liberties, two counts of first-degree burglary, three counts of second-degree assault and three counts of unlawful imprisonment with sexual motivation. If convicted, he faces up to life in prison.
His trial is set to begin May 17th. (Lewiston Tribune)
