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Federal prisoner’s DNA linked to 2007 Manitoba sex assault

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Reuters file

A Winnipeg man was arrested Wednesday in connection to a sexual assault case from 12 years ago.

Police said a 27-year-old woman was accosted at knife point and sexually assaulted near Flora Avenue and Robinson Street in May 2007.

At the time of the incident, the RCMP Forensic Lab produced a DNA profile of the suspect and entered it into the national data bank

That DNA was found to be a match to a convicted federal offender in January 2019.

Police obtained a DNA warrant for the incarcerated suspect and made arrangements to have him transferred to Manitoba.

Douglas Wayne Bowman, 55, has been charged with sexual assault with a weapon and uttering threats. He remains in federal custody.

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