ANNAPOLIS, Md. — After nearly four decades, Annapolis Police have made an arrest in a brutal cold case murder that had gone unsolved since 1989.

William Cook Jr. was taken into custody Thursday for the killing of Garnet Elizabeth Griffith, a 36-year-old librarian who was shot and killed in her home.

"In 1989, a little after 10 a.m., our victim was met by a young man that we have now identified as William Eugene Cook Jr. of West Washington street," Annapolis Police Chief Edward Jackson said. "He entered the victims home and he shot her in the head, the victim was pronounced dead on the scene."

Annapolis Police solve 36-year-old murder case with DNA evidence

Online court records show Cook faces multiple charges including first- and second-degree murder, assault with intent to murder, and

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