Suspect Christopher James McMillian of Fayetteville, NC. Credit: Fayetteville, NC.
On Nov. 7, 2022, detectives with the Fayetteville Police Department’s Cold Case Sexual Assault Unit charged Christopher James McMillian, of Fayetteville, NC, with 3 counts of First Degree Rape, 2 counts of First Degree Kidnapping, 1st Degree Sexual Offense, and Communication of Threats.
On Dec. 14, 2022 McMillian was located and arrested by members of the Fayetteville Police Departments Violent Crime Apprehension Team. McMillan is currently being held at the Cumberland County Jail under a $200,000.00 secured bond.
The charges for McMillan stem from a series of rapes and kidnapping incidents that occurred in 2007. The initial investigation determined that in August 2007 that McMillan would offer his victims’ rides. McMillan took them to a secluded location and sexually assaulted them.
The initial investigation in 2007 went unsolved due to limitations in DNA technology; however, the sexual assault kits from these cases were recently submitted for testing utilizing funds from the Bureau of Justice Assistance’s FY2015 National Sexual Assault Kit Initiative Grant and McMillan was identified as a suspect.
Anyone with information concerning a sexual assault case is asked to contact the Fayetteville Police Department’s Special Victim’s Unit at (910) 433-1851 or Crimestoppers at (910) 483-TIPS (8477).
Republished courtesy of Fayetteville Police.