DNA evidence leads to arrest of man in ?84 rape, ?87 killing

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Two heinous crimes that confounded investigators for more than two decades were closed Monday, after a DNA match linked one man to both offenses.

Baltimore County police charged Joseph McInnis Jr., 39, of the 3500 block of Elmley Avenue in Baltimore, in a 1984 rape and a 1987 slaying that both occurred in the Woodlawn area.

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