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Aug 27, 2026 at 4:00 PM ET
DNA From Arizona Fork Leads to Arrest in 1999 Case
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A 71-year-old man, Terry Lynn Denton, was arrested in connection with a 1999 burglary and rape in North Naples after investigators matched cold-case DNA to a fork he used at an Arizona restaurant. Denton faces a sexual battery charge; the case was solved through forensic genetic genealogy after DNA was sent for testing in 2025 and narrowed to two persons of interest by February 2026.
WHO: Terry Lynn Denton; Collier County Sheriff Kevin Rambosk; investigators and forensic genetic genealogy analysts
WHAT: Arrest and charge in a 1999 burglary and rape case using DNA from a fork tied to an Arizona restaurant and forensic genetic genealogy
WHEN: Reported Aug 26, 2026 at 8:00 PM ET
WHERE: North Naples, Florida
WHY: Investigators matched cold-case DNA to a fork Denton used at an Arizona restaurant, enabling forensic genetic genealogy to identify him as a person of interest.
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