On April 8, 1986 in Lake Elsinore, CA a female store cashier was raped and robbed at gunpoint in the shoe store she worked in. When the criminal raped her, they wiped their semen onto her sweater. This particular sweater played a big part in the investigation process and was taken as evidence towards Herman Atkins’ conviction. The victim went in for vaginal swab testing and turned over her sweater to the investigators. The victim did not identify that Atkins was her rapist until she saw a wanted poster of him for unrelated charges. A witness that worked at a store nearby said they had seen Atkins in the victim’s store earlier that day and after testing the semen, they found Atkins’ blood type and PGM matched the semen on the victim’s sweater.