Cold-case rapist gets life sentence, plans to appeal

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A cold-case rapist, who appeared unfazed by the life sentence a judge imposed Tuesday, maintains his innocence and plans to appeal his conviction despite DNA evidence linking him to the 1990 attack on a woman at a Linthicum nightclub.

“Eight months and I’ll be home,” Wendell Keys shouted to his mother, who was sobbing deeply as her son was handcuffed and led out of the courtroom smiling.

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