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DNA evidence helps police make arrest in 2015 rape and murder

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Metro Police officials made an arrest in a 2015 rape and murder case thanks to DNA technology.

Officers arrested 42-year-old Anthony Lewis Tuesday on a first degree murder and aggravated rape indictment.

DNA evidence linked Lewis to the May 2015 beating death of 52-year-old Joy Ransom in her Jefferson Street apartment.