On June 9, 1994, the victim, who was 36 years old at the time, was walking home when she was approached from behind by a group of men, dragged into a nearby apartment hallway where she was raped by Mendez, according to Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn, III.

A suspect in a 1994 Attleboro rape was convicted on Thursday, following a trial at the Fall River Superior Court, Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III announced. Eduardo Mendez, 51, of Guatemala, now faces charged for an aggravated rape committed three decades ago.

A man has been found guilty of rape in a case out of Attleboro dating back three decades. Eduardo Mendez, 51, of Guatemala, was convicted Thursday afternoon, following a jury trial, in the 1994 aggravated rape of a woman.

The Bristol County District Attorney's Office shared this photo of Eduardo Mendez.ATTLEBORO, Mass. (WLNE) — A Bristol County jury convicted a man in a decades old cold case involving a rape in the city.

Eduardo Mendez, 51, of Guatemala, was originally charged after evidence from the case was tested for DNA in 2019.