Fugitive found hiding out in the Philippines nearly 4 decades after allegedly raping and abducting Florida 7-year-old
By Zoe Hussain
Published on April 29, 2026.
Tom Talmadge, a fugitive from Florida, has been arrested in the Philippines nearly four decades after allegedly abducting and raping a 7-year-old girl from a bowling alley in 1989. This arrest was made after a breakthrough in DNA evidence linked him to the case. A warrant had already been issued in Hillsborough County, Florida, for the crime. Talmadeg has been charged with sexual battery on a victim less than 12 years old by an adult, lewd and lascivious acts on a child, and kidnapping. He will remain behind bars in Taguig City pending deportation proceedings. The arrest is part of the Bureau of Immigration’s “#hendhendhend
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