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Earlier this week the Metropolitan Police Department announced that it had arrested a man wanted in connection to the June killing of H Street NE deli owner June Lim. Today the Examiner reports that the suspect, Steven Vondell Williams, basically gave himself away while being questioned by police, who used a simple trick worthy of a crime drama:

Detectives brought Williams, 46, into the police station in August on a warrant for a parole violation, without telling him they wanted to interview him about the slaying of 64-year-old Hae Soon Lim, according to charging documents released Thursday.

Police sat Williams at a detective’s desk, where the case jacket for Lim’s killing was purposefully left face open.

Williams could not take his eyes off the file, even while a detective asked to take his DNA sample, the charging document said.

Williams refused to give a sample, and the detective left the room. Seconds later, Williams stood up, put on his jacket, hitched his pants and muttered to himself.

“That’s a wrap, big boy. That’s a wrap, big boy,” Williams said to himself.

Williams actions were captured on camera, police say.

He then said, “That’s 30 years … ” before his voice trailed off, police say.

A DNA sample has also connected Williams to the scene of the crime. He is being held without bond on a charge of second-degree murder while armed. The next hearing in the case is scheduled for December 17.