DC Man Arrested by U.S. Marshals Task Force on Cold Case

Source: US Marshals Service

Washington, DC – The U.S. Marshals Service Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force has arrested a man suspected in a 1999 rape and murder in Washington.
George P. Mudd, 71, has been charged and arrested for the May 1999 rape and murder of a woman in her Capitol Hill apartment. At the time, no suspect was located. Due to the advancement of DNA technology, a match was recently confirmed, and the suspect was charged. Mudd, who spent 10 years in federal prison for a separate stabbing offense was charged on July 7.