Suspect?s words, DNA led to arrest in Sesker murder

Published November 9, 2008 5:00am ET



A suspect’s provably false statements — combined with DNA evidence — helped police crack the high-profile murder of Nicole Sesker, the stepdaughter of former Baltimore Police Commissioner Leonard Hamm.

Joseph Antonio Bonds, 35, gave a tape-recorded statement to police that directly contradicted the DNA evidence in Sesker’s death, police said.

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