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TESTING IN FLORIDA OF BLACKLOGGED RAPE KITS LEADS TO ARREST OF SEX OFFENDER 27 YEARS LATER
October 27, 2019
Robert Gearty
Fox News
Testing in Florida’s Palm Beach County of 1,500 backlogged rape kits has led to the arrest of a registered sex offender for a 1992 rape.
The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office said Noel Bango, 57, was arrested Oct. 19 in Deptford Township, N.J., a Philadelphia suburb, on a warrant accusing him of the rape, according to reports.
The accuser was 17 when she reported being raped in a random attack in Delray Beach 27 years ago, the Palm Beach Post reported.
The woman’s rape kit was part of a backlog of 1,500 rape kits in Palm Beach County.