Delton Lynn Taylor sentenced to 7 years to life for 1982 cold case kidnapping

abortion arial, ambulance sans-serif;”>Delton Lynn Taylor, who is 55 years old, was sentenced to state prison for an indeterminate sentence of seven years to life in a cold case involving the kidnapping of a victim with the intent to commit robbery.

The kidnapping occurred in the early evening hours of February 19, 1982, in the city of Oxnard. Taylor approached the victim as she was getting into her vehicle at a local grocery store. He asked her if she had spare change, and when her attention was diverted, Taylor put a knife to her side and forced her into her vehicle. Taylor then drove the victim’s car over a mile down the road to a local elementary school where he proceeded to rape and rob her at knife point. After the rape, Taylor unlocked the passenger door, opened the door, and pushed her out of the vehicle. Taylor tried to run the victim over with the vehicle before exiting the parking lot with the victim’s vehicle and personal belongings. The police were contacted immediately and a medical legal exam was performed.

Taylor’s identity remained unknown until 2012 when DNA confirmed his identity.

The District Attorney’s Office was precluded from prosecuting Delton Lynn Taylor for rape because the statute of limitations had expired.

Prior press release from Oxnard Police Department 6/11/2013:

In September of 2012, the Oxnard Police Department’s Cold Case team reopened the investigation into a February 19, 1982 kidnapping, robbery and sexual assault that occurred in the parking lot of Smith Food King in the 3700 block of West Hemlock Street in Oxnard.  The investigation was reopened after detectives received a phone call from the victim, whose call was prompted after reading news of an unrelated cold case sexual assault-murder arrest in Oxnard.
 
Detectives worked with the Ventura County Crime Lab and were able to have evidence collected during the initial investigation forensically examined.  In January of 2013, investigators received a CODIS hit on an item of evidence which identified 55 year old Bakersfield resident Delton Lynn Taylor as being a suspect in this crime.  Additional DNA testing confirmed this national DNA database notification.
 
In May of 2013, Taylor was arrested in Pinal, Arizona for a felony warrant on an unrelated charge out of Kern County, California.  He has since been extradited to Kern County and is currently in custody there.  A felony complaint and arrest warrant has been filed against Taylor for his involvement in the February 1982 incident.  He will be extradited to Ventura County to face charges related to this incident upon the completion of criminal proceedings in Kern County.
 
The Oxnard Police Department’s Cold Case team works in conjunction with the Ventura County Cold Case Task Force and the Ventura County Crime Lab. Utilizing the latest advances in forensic science the Department continues to make identifications of suspects in homicides and other serious crimes of violence. The public is encouraged to contact investigators if they have any information regarding unsolved crimes.

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