Authorities said a man was booked Monday linked to rapes in New Orleans and Kansas City.

Authorities said a man was booked Monday linked to rapes in New Orleans and Kansas City. The suspect, 34-year-old Daniel Meridy, was arrested on four counts of first-degree rape and four counts of aggravated kidnapping. A law enforcement source said Meridy's DNA also connected him to three unsolved sexual assaults in Kansas City which occurred from 2004-2005. Investigators called those cases "stranger attacks," in which a gun or knife was used. The alleged kidnaps and rapes took place from June 2015 to October of this year across New Orleans, on Bayou Road, South Genois Street, Washington and Clara Streets, and South Johnson St. Meridy was arrested Monday at New Orleans Police Department Headquarters after a buccal swab matched the cases. Meridy was given a $1.6 million dollar bail.Keep up with local news, weather and current events with the WDSU app here. Sign up for our email newsletters to get breaking news right in your inbox. Click here to sign up!

Authorities said a man was booked Monday linked to rapes in New Orleans and Kansas City.

The suspect, 34-year-old Daniel Meridy, was arrested on four counts of first-degree rape and four counts of aggravated kidnapping.


A law enforcement source said Meridy's DNA also connected him to three unsolved sexual assaults in Kansas City which occurred from 2004-2005. Investigators called those cases "stranger attacks," in which a gun or knife was used.

The alleged kidnaps and rapes took place from June 2015 to October of this year across New Orleans, on Bayou Road, South Genois Street, Washington and Clara Streets, and South Johnson St.

Meridy was arrested Monday at New Orleans Police Department Headquarters after a buccal swab matched the cases.

Meridy was given a $1.6 million dollar bail.

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