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DNA links Florida man in Philippines to 1989 child abduction

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A man accused of kidnapping and sexually abusing a 7-year-old girl in Florida in 1989 was recently arrested in the Philippines , according to authorities. Preserved DNA and genealogical research allowed investigators to identify Young Tom Talmadge, 69, as the suspect in the Tampa-area case, the Philippines’ government said in a statement . The technique purportedly leading to Talmadge’s arrest has for years been gaining prominence among law enforcement officials seeking to make arrests in decades-old cases which had not initially led to the naming of any suspects. As Tampa’s WTVT first reported , the crime to which Talmadge is now linked began with a man approaching a 7-year-old girl inside a bowling alley, giving her coins to play arcade games and then coaxing her to his car. He then inflicted a sexual battery on her before taking her to a second bowling alley and leaving her there.…

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