DNA Evidence Helps Wrap-Up Unsolved Homicide Case

JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA --- Detectives with the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office say they've found the killer of an 79-year-old man.
Around 10:30pm on May 12th, 2005, 79-year-old Rolando Chang had gone to enjoy a cigar near the pool at the Three Fountain Apartments in Jacksonville. A short time later, the elderly man was shot and killed, then robbed of his wallet.
Homicide detectives and cold case teams have spent the past three years trying to connect someone to the crime, and this past Thursday, they made an arrest.
DNA evidence taken from the victim's pocket matched 19-year-old Jerry Smith, who also had a burglary arrest in 2006. Smith was taken to the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office headquarters for questioning, where he admitted to partial involvement in the deadly crime. Smith said Chang was the target because of his advanced age.
Smith was a juvenile at the time of the incident, but he's being incarcerated in the Duval County Jail as an adult. He faces murder and armed robbery charges.