CAPE COD, Mass. — Twelve years after a shooting death on Cape Cod, the alleged killer was caught, in part, thanks to a root vegetable used in the commission of the crime, according to prosecutors.
Devarus Hampton, 40, was arrested Friday in Massachusetts and was arraigned Monday -- exactly 12 years after the crime. Hampton pleaded not guilty and was held without bail.
At the time of the murder, police found three shell casings and a sweet potato with a hole in it at the scene, according to a prosecutor with the Cape and Islands District Attorney's Office. Prosecutors said they found DNA on the sweet potato that was a match for Hampton. "The sweet potato appears to be used as a silencer," the prosecutor, First Assistant District Attorney Jessica Elumba, told ABC News.
Fans of the HBO drama series"The Wire" may recall an episode in which a sweet potato was used as a silencer, spawning numerous internet demonstrations to test whether it actually worked. The alleged killer may have been a fan of the show because police also found a cellphone at the murder scene registered in the name of Marlo Stanfield, a fictional character on"The Wire.
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