Tuscaloosa Sheriff's Department Investigators discussed a sexual assault cold case solved using new technology. The case identified a serial rapist suspect who was active nationwide with multiple victims. Capt. Jack Kennedy of the Tuscaloosa Violent Crimes Unit announced that new genetic genealogy research using DNA from a 1990 case determined a suspect in that case.Kennedy said the suspect is now dead and was identified as Elliott Higgins of Jemez Springs, New Mexico.We're also told that Higgins was a teacher of music and helped establish a collegiate musical competition called the "International Horn Competition."Kennedy said the competition was held in Tuscaloosa the same year and week as the two Tuscaloosa County sexual assaults in 1990 and 2001.It was confirmed Higgins was in Tuscaloosa at both of those competitions.The captain also said DNA evidence linked Higgins to the two Tuscaloosa County cases in 1990 and 2001 and a case in El Paso County, Colorado, in 2004 with a probability of greater than 99.999%.