A Florida inmate was charged Wednesday in connection with a 1993 sexual battery and kidnapping in Fort Myers.
Jessie Hayes Jr., 51, who was already serving a 30-year sentence at the Union Correctional Institute in Raiford, for an attempted armed robbery, was transported to the Lee County Jail.
On Aug. 3, 1993, deputies investigated a kidnapping and sexual battery that took place on a dirt road behind the Greater Bethel Baptist Church on Fairview Avenue in Fort Myers.
Hayes, Jr. is accused of approaching the victim’s vehicle at the intersection of Highland and Edison avenues, forcing himself into her vehicle and making her drive to the assault location at knifepoint.
The victim stated that Hayes sexually attacked her and then left her vehicle. Following the assault, the victim was examined at a local medical facility and a sexual assault evidence kit was assembled.
A Florida Department Of Law Enforcement Combined DNA Index System database search resulted in a match with Hayes.