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PEORIA, Ariz. - A 2009 cold case involving an eight-year-old girl who was allegedly kidnapped and sexually assaulted in Peoria has been solved, with the help of DNA. Now, a 43-year-old man has been arrested.

The backstory:

The suspect, identified in court documents as Steven Paul Lipton, was 27 at the time the alleged crime happened on Jan. 12, 2009. On that day, an eight-year-old was walking to her babysitter's house after school, expecting her aunt to pick her up about half way.

Instead, court documents state that Lipton picked the girl up.

"She was confronted by an unknown male who abducted her, took her to a remote area nearby the school, and sexually assaulted her," said Peoria Police Detective Brian Stehli.

Investigators state that Lipton identified himself as a pol

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