'Woodland rapist' victim says genealogy website led police to alleged attacker
Thirty years after he was attacked, one of the victims in an Ontario child sex predator cold case says he felt "joy, then sadness" when he learned of a recent arrest. The victim says police doubted his story at first.
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![A silhouette of a male actor is seen. A 39-year-old sexual assault survivor whose identity is covered by a publication ban told CBC News he felt "overwhelmed with joy, then sadness as I started to recall the memories of that day," following the arrest of a man in the 30-year-old cold case. A silhouette of a man is seen on a purple background.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7171208.1713105104!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/male-actor.jpg)
Thirty years after he was attacked, one of the victims in an Ontario child sex predator cold case says he felt "joy, then sadness" when he learned of a recent arrest. The victim says police doubted his story at first.