A Florida man was arrested Wednesday in the 1998 kidnapping and rape of a 22-year-old woman after DNA collected from a discarded cigarette last month linked him to the case, investigators said.
James Byrd, now 60, was arrested in Marion County on charges of armed kidnapping and sexual battery in the 22-year-old case, Tampa police said. "As is clear in this case, we have never considered an investigation as a 'cold case' and we work every case until each one can be successfully solved," Tampa Police Chief Brian Dugan said in a statement.
Investigators used genetic genealogy to link Byrd to the March 1998 incident, police said. Byrd was charged with armed kidnapping and sexual battery in the 22-year-old case, police said. (Marion County.
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