Massachusetts prosecutors say Devarus Hampton's DNA was found on a sweet potato used as a silencer at Todd Lampley's murder scene, cracking the 2011 cold case.
A sweet potato reportedly helpedDevarus Hampton, 40, of Mashpee, Massachusetts, pleaded not guilty during an arraignment in Barnstable District Court 12 years to the day after 31-year-old Todd Lampley was found shot to death in a bedroom in the Cape Cod village Hyannis Feb. 27, 2011. He was ordered held without bail.
At the actual crime scene, where Lampley was believed to have been shot through a bedroom window, police also found a sweet potato thatHampton's court-appointed attorney, Edward Fogarty, said he will mount a"vigorous defense." "It is a very old case. After review of whatever the commonwealth now says they have as evidence, we're confident it will result in his innocence," Fogarty told the Times.
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