Baltimore suspect charged in cold-case rape, murder

Published August 15, 2008 4:00am ET



Baltimore City police on Wednesday charged a 38-year-old registered sexually violent offender in a cold-case rape and murder — a year after they got a DNA match.

Police have charged Rodney Joseph, of the 400 block of Oak Street, and charged him with the Feb. 12, 2000, killing of Chontrell Sample, 19, on the 2300 block of Round Road in Brooklyn.

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