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FBI: Test shows MI man not abducted LI boy

The FBI says its DNA tests confirm a Michigan man is not a toddler abducted from East Meadow in 1955. John Barnes went public claiming to be Steven Damman, who disappeared from outside an East Meadow

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Jun 19, 2009, 4:08 PM

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