Dossier
Young Tom Talmadge
Coverage of Young Tom Talmadge in the Nexus archive.
U.S. Homeland Security Investigationsorganization1Bureau of Immigration (BI) of the Philippinesorganization1Cavite, Philippinesplace1Florida Department of Law Enforcementorganization1Hillsborough County State Attorney’s Officeorganization1Tampa Lanesplace1#ShieldKids campaigntopic1Floridaplace1Philippinesplace1Tampa-areaplace11989 child abductiontopic1genealogical DNAtopic1Philippines governmentorganization1US suspectperson1
- Cold case suspect nabbed overseas after DNA revived decades-old child abduction mystery
A 69-year-old man was arrested in the Philippines for a 1989 Florida child abduction and sexual battery case after DNA evidence and genealogical research linked him to the crime. The arrest, part of the Philippine Bureau of Immigration's #ShieldKids campaign, marks a breakthrough in a nearly 40-year-old cold case.
- DNA links Florida man in Philippines to 1989 child abduction
A Florida man, Young Tom Talmadge, was arrested in the Philippines in 1989 for the kidnapping and sexual abuse of a 7-year-old girl. Investigators used preserved DNA and genealogical research to identify him as the suspect in the Tampa-area case.