 They believe he then sexually assaulted Belk before killing her and dumping her body in Charles County. Sergeant John Elliott, a Charles County Sheriff's Office detective, tells NBC4 that DNA evidence helped him crack the case. We learned Taylor's DNA was in a national database because he was arrested for several violent crimes which occurred in Washington, D.C. Belk's family say they're grateful that police never gave up looking for her killer. Taylor faces life in prison when he's sentenced in September.