DNA ties Texas inmate to two Fayetteville rape cases

DNA testing on a man who has been linked to two violent crimes in Fayetteville has now tied him to additional rapes, court documents said.

The DNA belongs to 46-year-old William Everette Razor III, according to search warrant affidavits filed in the Clerk of Court's Office.

Razor is serving a 13-year prison term in Texas.

Fayetteville police were seeking search warrants to gain access to the victims' medical records.

The affidavits say Razor's DNA matches that found in December 2009 after a woman reported she was beaten and raped at the Red Carpet Inn Motel at 442 S. Eastern Blvd.

The motel closed in 2013 and was scheduled to be razed, but a fire destroyed the building later that year.

Razor's DNA also matches samples of material taken in August 2006 after a woman reported she was beaten and raped at the Economy Inn at 525 Eastern Blvd.

Razor's DNA was entered into a national database after his arrest in Texas.

In January 2013, Fayetteville police were notified that Razor's DNA matched samples that were found in 2007 after 39-year-old April Kemp was found dead behind the Red Carpet Inn Motel.

An autopsy showed Kemp died from blunt force trauma and had injuries indicating she struggled with her attacker. Investigators followed a blood trail to one of the rooms where they found signs of a struggle that moved outside.

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DNA ties Texas inmate to two Fayetteville rape cases