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Arrest in 6-year-old assault

An arrest has been made in a six-year-old Kamloops sexual assault case, thanks to the National DNA Database.

A Canada-wide warrant was put out for Taylor James Howard Matchett, 27, on Nov. 25 after a matching DNA profile was identified through the national database. He was arrested in Edmonton on Thursday.

On Nov. 11, 2009, the RCMP received a report of a 25-year-old female who was sexually assaulted after a man picked her up from Tranquille Road and offered her a ride home.

The man then allegedly drove her to MacArthur Island Park, where he sexually assaulted her at gunpoint.

The investigation into the assault failed to turn up a suspect at the time.

Matchett was previously arrested in St. Albert, Alta. in 2014 in connection to a string of break-and-enters, ranging from December 2013 to March 2014. 

Matchett remains in custody and will be returned to Kamloops for trial.

He is charged with sexual assault with a weapon and use of an imitation firearm in commission of an offence.



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