Man charged in Denver sexual assault cold case gets 32 years in prison

More than two decades after the crime took place a Missouri man was sentenced Wednesday to years in prison for urgent into a Denver home and sexually assaulting the woman inside The once-cold-case sexual assault happened in the block of North Stuart Street on March DNA evidence was collected at the time but a suspect was not identified until Jason Groshart a -year-old resident of Sedalia Missouri took a deal and pleaded guilty in July to second-degree kidnapping and attempted sexual assault according to Denver court records The deal dropped additional charges of burglary and sexual assault from his situation The Missouri man was years old when he broke into the victim s home in dressed in all black and wearing a mask and gloves according to the Denver District Attorney s Office When Groshart entered the victim s bedroom he threatened her with a handgun handcuffed her arms behind her back placed a mask over her head and sexually assaulted her the DA s office announced Related Articles -year-old man arrested in Iowa in connection with Colorado murder cold event Man shot to death in Aurora four years ago police still searching for leads Death of man shot in Denver years ago still unsolved police say Fatal Denver shooting still unsolved years later police searching for leads It s hard to imagine the terror the victim in this incident felt during and after this horrific crime Denver District Attorney John Walsh explained in a video declaration The development went cold until when the Denver Police Department reopened the study and used DNA evidence and genetic genealogy to identify Groshart as a suspect Sign up to get crime news sent straight to your inbox each day