An accused child molester in King City is in jail after police say a used COVID-19 facemask helped them solve a nearly 2-year-old molestation case.
Investigators arrested 28-year-old Leonardo Ramirez after DNA taken from his face mask linked him to the 2018 rape of a girl under 14 years old.
Ramirez was wearing a face mask when investigators called him to police headquarters to talk about an unrelated crime.
The used mask was then submitted to the department of justice for DNA analysis. Once the results came back, Ramirez was arrested. King City police say he later confessed.
