 After the arrest of Sanchez, investigators realized that the crimes were similar and took place in the same area, and that Sanchez and Capozzi closely resembled each other at the time the crimes were committed.A sample of DNA from Sanchez had been linked to the rapes for which Capozzi had been wrongly convicted in 1985.Once police made the realization of Capozzi's innocence, they inquired with the Erie County Medical Center (ECMC) to obtain his DNA sample.