Man convicted in Collinsville abduction, rape. Here’s a timeline of the case
A Madison County jury has convicted Timothy J. Dubois Jr. on all counts in the 2022 knifepoint abduction and sexual assault of a woman from a Collinsville Starbucks parking lot. Genealogical DNA testing — the same technique used to identify the Golden State Killer — proved central to cracking the case.
Here’s a timeline of the investigation:
- The attack happened on Veteran’s Day 2022, when a man with a knife approached a woman’s car in the Starbucks parking lot at the Collinsville Crossing complex and forced her to drive to Troy, where he sexually assaulted her before returning her car to a nearby Wendy’s lot and fleeing on foot around 7:51 a.m.
- Days later, investigators released a sketch of the suspect and photos of a black Chevy Cruze believed to be connected to the crime, describing the attacker as a white male in his mid-30s wearing a black hoodie, gray sweatpants and black high-top tennis shoes.
- In March 2023, Timothy J. Dubois Jr., then 39, of Shobonier, Illinois, was arrested and charged with 10 counts of sexual assault and kidnapping, and Judge Neil Schroeder ordered him to be held in custody with no bond.
- On Thursday, after about 90 minutes of deliberations, a Madison County jury found Dubois, 42, guilty on all counts — four counts of aggravated criminal sexual assault, four counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse and two counts of aggravated kidnapping — with genealogical DNA testing serving as the key evidence.
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