DNA and cell phone records prove link to rape and murder

A Lake Criminal Court judge found Ronnie D. Drane guilty Monday morning in the rape and murder of a Hammond woman, reports Northwest Indiana News.

"Drane, a Gary resident featured on "America's Most Wanted" as a fugitive killer, was convicted of killing 25-year-old Tamarra Taylor.

Deputy Prosecutor Tammy Sommers argued the 31-year-old Drane strangled the victim Memorial Day 2002. She said DNA evidence and cell phone records linked him to the woman, whose partially clad body was found in a park near 25th Avenue and Grant Street on Gary's west side.

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