Police said Smerk even willingly gave police additional DNA swabs before they handed him their business cards and went back to their hotel.

Source: https://www.denver7.com/man-arrested-in-1994-cold-case-murder-of-virginia-mother

Smerk is facing a second-degree murder charge in the case, according to police.

Source: https://krdo.com/news/2023/09/12/virginia-authorities-used-dna-to-create-a-sketch-in-a-decades-old-homicide-then-they-got-a-phone-call-that-unraveled-the-case/

The Fairfax County Police Department said Stephan Smerk, 51, is the suspect in the murder of Robin Lawrence, who was found stabbed to death inside her home in Springfield, Virginia, on Nov. 20, 1994.

Source: https://www.ksro.com/2023/09/12/arrest-made-in-1994-cold-case-murder-of-virginia-mother-after-dna-testing-confession-police/