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Plano police arrested Nicholas Carney, 64, and charged him with the sexual assault of two young boys in separate incidents during the 1990s.
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Carney is connected to the cases of an 8-year-old boy who was abducted in his neighborhood in Plano (1991) and a 9-year-old boy who was abducted walking home from school in Dallas (1999).
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Investigators used new DNA technology to match evidence from both cases to a distant family member of Carney.
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Carney was arrested at his home in Oklahoma on Dec. 19.
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Plano police arrested Nicholas Carney, 64, and charged him with the sexual assault of two young boys in separate incidents during the 1990s.
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Carney is connected to the cases of an 8-year-old boy who was abducted in his neighborhood in Plano (1991) and a 9-year-old boy who was abducted walking home from school in Dallas (1999).
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Investigators used new DNA technology to match evidence from both cases to a distant family member of Carney.
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Carney was arrested at his home in Oklahoma on Dec. 19.
What we know:
On December 19, Plano police arrested a 64-year-old man in Oklahoma on suspicion of sexually assaulting two young boys in North Texas in the 1990s.
In Ardmore, Oklahoma, Nicholas Ray Carney was taken into custody on suspicion of kidnapping and aggravated sexual assault of a minor related to events in 1991 and 1999.
The Plano Police Department is presently holding Carney. His bond is still pending.
The Backstory:
A man approached an 8-year-old child and a buddy in an alley on August 15, 1991, as they were strolling in the 1700 block of Lake Hill Lane in Plano. After luring the child into his car, the man—later identified as 35-year-old Carney—took off.
According to the affidavit, Carney made the teenager watch pornography and threatened to “never see his family again” if the boy disobeyed his orders.
After being sexually molested, the youngster was discovered in a Garland home. He had damage to his throat and neck.
A 9-year-old child and a buddy were walking home from school in Dallas on March 25, 1999, when Carney pulled up in his vehicle. The youngster was sexually molested after he enticed him inside his car.
Police gathered DNA evidence from the victims’ clothing in both incidents.
In both cases, the suspect was depicted by police in composite sketches as a man who was around 6 feet tall, had brown eyes, brown hair, a mustache, and smoked a lot of cigarettes. Additionally, Carney used manipulation techniques involving animals to entice both youngsters into his vehicle.
1991 Suspect Illustration
Timeline:
1991: August 15: Initial attack on an 8-year-old child.
March 25, 1999: A second attack on a 9-year-old boy.
2004: March 8: Both instances’ DNA evidence is connected.
In May of 2023, investigators started reviewing the cases using new technologies.
February 2024: No DNA matches were discovered on another search.
October: Investigators started looking for the suspected suspect’s potential relatives.
November: At Carney’s home in Oklahoma, police started looking into him.
Nicholas Carney was linked by DNA evidence on December 16.
Carney was detained on December 19.
Plano Police Department mugshot of Nicholas Carney
How police solved the case:
A possible family connection to a deceased mother with six children was investigated by investigators.
As a result, Keith Carney, who was found guilty of murder in Utah in 1990, was identified.
Nicholas Carney was found as investigators looked for Keith Carney’s siblings.
Background investigations showed that Nicholas Carney had been arrested for indecent exposure in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in 1980.
Carney’s identify was further confirmed by comparing the composite sketches with a photo from his 1996 driver’s license.
Carney’s discarded garbage bag included DNA that verified the connection to the assault charges.
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An affidavit from the Plano Police Department provided the information for this piece.
An affidavit from the Plano Police Department provided the information for this piece.
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