Grain Valley man faces charges in August 2013 rape

 Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker's office announced in a September 19th press release that a Grain Valley man has been charged in an August 2013 rape in Grain Valley after he was identified by DNA testing,
 
Jason Dewayne Bell faces Rape in the 1st Degree and Sodomy in the 1st Degree. A grand jury indicted Bell in August.

According to court records, the Missouri Highway Patrol issued a report to Grain Valley detectives alerting them that defendant's DNA was found in a sample collected from the victim in an August 2013 sexual assault. In March 2024, the victim told detectives she went to a pub in Independence with others when the defendant started driving her to a parking lot near trucks and he sexually assaulted her outside the parked vehicle. Detectives reported the defendant had been a suspect in other sexual assault investigations.

The defendant is currently being held in custody. Anyone with more information regarding the defendant should contact Grain Valley police detective Jason Werges at 816-847-6262.