2nd Davenport man arrested after DNA links to 2008 sexual assault
A 37-year-old Davenport man is the second to be arrested in connection with a 2008 sexual assault in Davenport, court records show.
Christopher McVay Jr. faces a charge of second-degree sexual abuse, according to Scott County Court records, which say he was arrested Wednesday on a warrant.
Earlier, 35-year-old Samuel Thompson, also of Davenport, was arrested, and also faces a felony charge of second-degree sexual abuse in connection with the case, court records show.
The incident in 2008
Arrest affidavits say that, on Nov. 23, 2008, Davenport Police received a report of a sexual assault in the area of the 2200 block of Rockingham Road. The victim said that while leaving Vivian’s she was sucker-punched and put in the back of a vehicle. The victim said she was then driven to an unknown street/driveway, where the co-defendants took turns sexually assaulting her.
On Jan. 31, 2018, Davenport Police submitted the sexual assault kit as part of the SAKI (The National Sexual Assault Kit Initiative) Project, affidavits say.
On Sept. 20, 2023, Davenport Police received notification from the Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) of a CODIS (Combined DNA Index System) hit on the male DNA in the sexual assault kit submitted in this case. The CODIS hit was for McVay, according to affidavits.
A known sample of McVay’s DNA was resubmitted to the DCI on Jan. 11, 2024, and a confirmation was received that the CODIS hit is in fact McVay, police allege in affidavits. This was on Jan. 30, 2024.
McVay, who is being held on a cash-only bond of $50,000 in Scott County Jail, is set for a preliminary hearing Feb. 23 in Scott County Court.
Thompson, who is being held on a cash-only bond of $100,000 in Scott County Jail, is set for a bond review on Feb. 27.
What is the SAKI Program?
The National Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (SAKI) provides funding through a competitive grant program to support the jurisdictional reform of approaches to sexual assault cases resulting from evidence found in sexual assault kits (SAKs) that have never been submitted to a crime laboratory.
SAKI, according to its website, is administered by the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) and aims to create a coordinated community response that ensures just resolution to sexual assault cases through a comprehensive and victim-centered approach, jurisdictional capacity building to prevent high numbers of unsubmitted SAKs in the future, and supporting the investigation and prosecution of cases for which SAKs were previously unsubmitted.
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