AURORA — DNA from saliva left behind at a gas station has led to the arrest of a professional mixed martial arts fighter tied to rapes in three cities, according to an arrest warrant filed in Adams County District Court.
Jeffrey Ford of Lone Tree faces kidnapping and sexual-assault charges for allegedly raping a prostitute in Aurora in 2009. A national database also links Ford’s DNA to two other rapes in San Francisco and Kansas City, Mo., according to the warrant, although he faces charges only in Colorado.
The 2009 case involving the Aurora prostitute became active again in June when a crime analyst found Ford using a partial license plate number.
Ford became an even stronger suspect when detectives learned he served 10 years in a Missouri prison for attacking and raping an 87-year-old woman at age 17, according to the arrest warrant. Ford was sent to prison in 1987.
