Arrest is made in a 1993 rape and murder, D.C. police say
William Ransford, 58, of Southeast, was arrested Thursday and charged with second degree murder, according to the police.
DNA testing was used in the investigation, police said, in an affidavit that supported their request for an arrest warrant. In the affidavit is an account of an interview with Ransford, in which he denied ever having seen the victim of the homicide. According to the account, he told police there was “no way” that his DNA could be associated with the victim.
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