A jailed man was charged for a 2000 strangling Wednesday. Carl Chavers apparently lived three houses down from a Laquetta White, who was raped and killed nine years ago.

Until recently, police were unable to match any evidence from the crime scene to a possible suspect. However, when DNA evidence from the scene was matched with Chavers's DNA from a 2008 sexual battery case, police were convinced that Chavers was the guilty party.

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