Police officials in Dickinson this morning announced the arrest of 40-year old Dennis Earl Bradford in the 1990 abduction, rape and attempted murder of then 8-year old Jennifer Schuett.Houston Chronicle - Dennis Earl Bradford, 40, is accused of attacking Jennifer Schuett, now 27, said Dickinson Police Capt. Steve Krone. Bradford, who is married with two children and three grown stepchildren, was picked up on the way to his welding job with his wife this morning.
Police had his DNA sample because he was convicted of kidnapping a woman in 1997 and served four years in prison. Officials said Bradford once lived in Dickinson and attended Dickinson High and has lived in North Little Rock for about seven years.
The case was given new life last year when Dickinson police Detective Tim Cromie was assigned to the case, and he teamed with FBI Special Agent Richard Rennison to have the DNA retested on clothing found about 3.5 blocks from the empty lot where Schuett was dumped.
Cromie and Rennison accompanied North Little Rock police to make the arrest at 6:50 a.m., FBI spokeswoman Shauna Dunlap said.
After being dragged into an overgrown empty lot, Schuett lay bleeding on a fire ant mound, unable to call for help because of her cut throat, for nearly 12 hours before playing children stumbled upon her.
She was flown to the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston where she scrawled notes to investigators about what happened. Doctors told her she would never be able to speak again, but she defied their predictions and regained her voice within weeks.
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