A suspect has been identified in the 1998 cold case murder of a woman while she was working at a hospital just outside Washington, D.C., authorities announced Monday.

The suspected killer, Baari Shabazz , died in 2019 at age 69, police said at a press conference. Investigators believe he killed Sherry Crandall at Prince George’s Hospital Center in Cleverly, Md., nearly 28 years ago.

Crandall, 50 years old at the time, was working as a patient coordinator at the hospital. She was found dead by an after-hours maintenance worker on Jan. 13, 1989. Investigators determined she had been sexually assaulted and strangled to death .

Investigators found a male DNA profile at the scene, but couldn’t match it to any information they had on file at the time. They eventually teamed up with Othr

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