BEL AIR, Md. — A murder case which went cold for nearly two decades in Harford County is closed after a witness came forward with a key statement, according to investigators with the Harford County Sheriff's Office.

Gary Williams, 45, was indicted for the murder of 30-year-old David Byrd, who was stabbed to death in Edgewood in August 2007. Williams is currently serving a 25-year drug sentence at Petersburg Federal Correctional Institution in Virginia, authorities told WMAR-2 News.

Detective Kevin Smith, an investigator with the Harford County Sheriff's Office Major Crimes Unit, was assigned to the unsolved case earlier this year.

"This case was just, taking that one person to come forward and do the right thing. That's what changed everything in this case," Smith told WMAR-2 News.

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