Updated: 3:01 PM EST December 10, 2020
TAMPA, Fla. Tampa police believe they ve solved a crime that happened more than two decades ago.
Using genetic genealogy to find leads, the Tampa Police Department says an arrest has been made in a 1998 rape and kidnapping case.
Authorities say 60-year-old James Byrd was arrested Wednesday morning in Marion County and charged with armed kidnapping and sexual battery on a 22-year-old woman. 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 wrote in a statement.