Bernard Jackson charged with 22 crimes in connection with Waldo rapes

Until today, it was uncertain whether Bernard Jackson would ever be charged with the recent series of Waldo rapes, for which he’s been considered a “person of interest” since last May.

But today, Jackson County Prosecutor Jim Kanatzar held a press conference to announce that Jackson has been charged with 22 new counts related to two of the five “modern” Waldo rape cases. Within the past two weeks, DNA profiles developed from items found at the scenes of the rapes — a lotion bottle and a shirt sleeve —  were compared with Jackson’s known DNA profile. The comparisons matched in both instances.