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Zionsville Police Accuse Man Of Molestation After DNA Test

POSTED: 7:44 pm EDT October 2, 2006

A DNA test has linked a man to a hat that police believe belonged to whoever molested an 8-year-old boy in a Zionsville park in June, authorities said.

Stephen J. Taylor was charged last week with a felony count of molestation after police received results from the test.


Police Accuse Man Of Molestation After DNA Test

Investigators believe Taylor molested the boy at Creekside Park after offering him $100 to perform an oral sex act on the boy, Zionsville police said.

Before Taylor was identified as a suspect, investigators believed that a Chicago Bulls cap that was found in the park belonged to whoever molested the boy. Investigators sent the cap to a laboratory, which collected DNA from the object, police said.

On Aug. 30, Taylor was arrested in a Plainfield park after someone complained that he was acting suspicious, authorities said. Police said they confiscated from Taylor a note offering to give someone $100 if they would allow him to perform oral sex on the note's recipient.

After Plainfield police contacted them about the arrest, Zionsville police obtained a search warrant for a DNA sample from Taylor. The sample was sent to a lab, which confirmed on Sept. 22 that Taylor's DNA matched the DNA found with the hat.

Investigators said Taylor appears to be a drifter who once lived in Speedway. He has a prior criminal record for resisting arrest in Hamilton County. Taylor was being held Monday on $100,000 bond.


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