OFFICE OF THE STATE’S ATTORNEY

FOR

BALTIMORE CITY

 

208 THE CLARENCE M. MITCHELL, JR. COURTHOUSE

 

BALTIMORE, MARYLAND  21202

 

Patricia C. Jessamy                                                                                                                                                 Phone 443-984-1121

   State’s Attorney

 

 

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  

 

For Information Contact:            Margaret T. Burns

                                                Chief, Communications & Governmental Affairs

Office (443) 984-1121 or Cell Phone (443) 474-7479

                                                                        Or

                                                Joseph Sviatko, Public Information Officer

                                                Office (443) 984-1122 or Cell (410) 790-3248

 

 

MEDIA ADVISORY

 

BYRON HUFF INDICTED ON FIRST-DEGREE MURDER,

FIRST-DEGREE RAPE AND FIRST-DEGREE SEX OFFENSE

 

            Baltimore, MD – March 25, 2008 – State’s Attorney Patricia C. Jessamy announced today that the Baltimore City Grand Jury indicted Byron Huff , 43, of the1800 block of Richfield Drive, Severn, Maryland on charges of first-degree murder, first-degree rape and first-degree sex offense.

 

            Court documents allege on September 3, 1996, a woman, later identified as Doris Smalls, 30, was found dead and partially nude in a bedroom basement apartment in the 2700 block of Ruscombe Lane.  Ms. Smalls allegedly died from stab wounds to the chest.

 

In 2007, DNA evidence was retrieved and tested.  The evidence from the test was matched to Byron Huff, an inmate in the custody of the Division of Corrections, and police charged Huff with murder in February 2008.

 

            An arraignment is scheduled for April 29, 2008 before Judge John P. Miller, Room 428, Mitchell Courthouse.

 

 

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