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   ARLINGTON COUNTY, Va. — Editor's Note: The video above is from a 2019   
   investigation into the backlog of untested rape kits in Virginia.   
      
   A Virginia man pleaded guilty to multiple rape charges from 1991 where women   
   were attacked leaving a Metro station. Michael F. Thomson, 65, was sentenced   
   to life in prison plus 56 years for two rapes at gunpoint and an attempted   
   rape.   
      
   Between January and December 1991, Arlington police investigated a series of   
   rapes or attempted rapes on women leaving the East Falls Church Metro who were   
   approached by an unknown man with a gun. Three cases were linked by DNA and a   
   fourth was being    
   investigated due to the case similarities.   
      
   On Jan. 17, 1991, a woman was attacked on Little Falls Road, while walking   
   home from the Metro, and raped at gunpoint in the grass between two houses   
   before the suspect ran away, police said.   
      
   According to police, another woman was attacked on Feb. 13, 1991 leaving the   
   Metro station and walking to her car parked on N. Tuckahoe Street. The suspect   
   walked up next to her, showed a gun and forced her to the side of a house   
   where he raped her    
   before running away.   
      
   On March 6, 1991, police said a woman was attacked on Lee Highway while   
   walking home by a suspect who alleged to have a gun. Police said he forced her   
   behind a house and told her to take her clothes off, before pointing the gun   
   at her head and telling    
   her to be quiet.   
      
   "The suspect then asked the victim if she wanted him to leave and when she   
   said yes, he fled the scene on foot," a police press release said.   
      
   On Dec. 2, 1991, a woman was approached by a man with a gun while walking to   
   her car on the 6100 block of N. 22nd Street, but police said when the woman   
   screamed, the man ran away and fled the scene in a car. When he ran away,   
   police said he dropped a    
   baseball hat he was wearing.   
      
   In 2017, the cold case unit reviewed the case files and resubmitted DNA   
   evidence for additional analysis including phenotyping and genetic genealogy.   
   DNA from the baseball hat the man involved in the Dec. 2 attack was wearing   
   was linked to the Jan. 17    
   and Feb. 13 rapes.   
      
   “Our office is grateful that ACPD committed expertise, dedication, and   
   resources to this cold case and provided us with the tools to prosecute it,”   
   said Commonwealth's Attorney Parisa Dehghani-Tafti. “The survivors of   
   Michael Thomson's crimes    
   included a teenager and a young mother of two. Thirty years is a long time for   
   them to wait for justice but I hope his sentencing brings them a measure of   
   peace.”   
      
   Judge Louise DiMatteo sentenced Thomson Friday to life in prison on one count   
   of rape; 50 years on a second count of rape;10 years with eight suspended on   
   one count of attempted rape; and two years each on two counts of possession of   
   a firearm in the    
   commission of the rapes. His sentence is to be served concurrently.   
      
   “Every member of our community should be able to safely walk home without   
   fear of violent attacks like those committed by Michael Thomson,” Arlington   
   County Police Chief Andy Penn said. “While nothing can fully restore his   
   survivors’ sense of    
   security, I hope this sentence serves as a powerful message that we will not   
   waiver in our pursuit to hold sexual predators accountable for their actions."   
      
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