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An ex-Marine charged in the brutal rape of a woman in Prince William County is linked by DNA evidence to the 2005 deaths of two girls in Zion, Ill, the man's sister told the Chicago Tribune.

Created by washingtonpost on Jul 8, 2010

Last updated: 07/08/10 at 10:41 AM

Tags: Jorge Torrez timeline George

• Torrez is linked to double murder in Illinois, Chicago Tribune report says
  Jul 8, 2010 12:00 PM

  Torrez's sister Sara Torrez tells the Chicago Tribune that her brother's DNA has been matched with evidence found on one of the bodies of two girls who were found beaten and stabbed to death in a Zion, Ill. park in 2005.
  http://voices.washingtonpost.com/crime-scene/update-on-the-news/va-suspect-tied-to-ill-murders.html

• Torrez is charged in abduction, rape
  Jun 26, 2010 12:00 PM

  Arlington police announce that they have charged Torrez with 14 criminal counts related to the attack that began in Ballston, including abduction, rape, forcible sodomy, robbery, burglary with intent to commit sexual assault and use of a firearm during a felony.
  http://voices.washingtonpost.com/crime-scene/josh-white/us-marine-charged-in-ballston.html

• Torrez is arrested in Feb. 10 attack
  Feb 27, 2010

  Torrez, who was living at the Marine Corps' Henderson Hall at Fort Myer, is arrested Saturday night as he tries to leave the base in his car. Police suspect Torrez was also involved in the Ballston attack.
  http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/27/AR2010022701651.html

• Woman found struggling by road after attack
  Feb 27, 2010 8:00 AM

  The woman who had been abducted in Ballston is found seeking help along Minnieville Road in Prince William County, close to the edge of Marine Corps Base Quantico. Police say she was dumped in the woods and left for dead after a severe beating. She is treated at a hospital.
  http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/27/AR2010022701651.html

• Two women are abducted in Ballston; one is brutally raped
  Feb 27, 2010 4:00 AM

  A man approaches two young women as they are arriving home following a late-late-night meal. He forces them inside at gunpoint. He grabs one of the women and leaves the house. Four hours later, the victim is found struggling to reach a roadside, sexually assaulted and beaten within an inch of her life. Police later charge Torrez in the attack.
  http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/27/AR2010022701651.html

• Man tries to force woman into car at gunpoint
  Feb 10, 2010 12:30 AM

  A man tries to force a woman into a car at gunpoint before settling for stealing her purse along North Quincy Street, near Washington-Lee High School. Jorge "George" Torrez, a marine living at Fort Myer, is later charged in the attack.
  http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/27/AR2010022701651.html