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Lucky coincidence leads Vernon woman to sister she didn’t know she had
VERNON – Better late than never is the phrase a 79-year-old North Okanagan woman is…
How a minor break-in led to arrest in six-year-old Kamloops sex assault
KAMLOOPS - A man suspected of committing a serious sex assault in Kamloops six years ago was identified as a suspect after the Alberta courts ordered him to submit a DNA sample for breaking and entering a college campus last year. On Nov. 27, Kamloops RCMP said Taylor James Howard Matchett was arrested in...
Police use DNA evidence to identify and arrest suspect in Kamloops sex assault case from 2009
KAMLOOPS - Police have been able to identify and arrest a suspect in connection with a sex assault case from 2009 with DNA evidence. After issuing a Canada-wide warrant for Taylor James Howard Matchett on Nov. 25 the suspect was picked up in Edmonton the following day. Matchett is charged with sexual assault involving a...