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A 54-year-old man has been arrested and linked to at least four kidnappings and sexual assaults in the Valley dating back more than 26 years, police said.

Abraham M. Ramirez has been booked on multiple counts of kidnapping and sexual assault, according to a Phoenix Police Department release.

Ramirez was arrested in California in 1994, but never convicted, for a kidnapping and sexual assault.

“The victim agreed to a sexual assault kit, and DNA evidence was collected. At the time, DNA was still a fairly new forensic tool, and there was no man

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