DNA Leads To Charges In 2004 Frederick Rape
FREDERICK, Md. (AP) -- Frederick police say they have charged a Hagerstown man with a 2004 rape based on a DNA sample he gave in Tennessee.
NaJarred Walker, 27, denied the charges during a bond-review hearing Tuesday. He was ordered held without bail.
Investigators say Maryland State Police notified them last week that Walker's DNA was entered into a national database after he was convicted of an offense in Tennessee. Police say the sample matched DNA evidence found on the victim of a rape in downtown Frederick in November 2004.
The victim in that case was 16 at the time. She told police she was leaving the downtown public library when a man grabbed her from behind and raped her beneath a bridge along nearby Carroll Creek.
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