TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — A person needed within the 1984 killing of a Florida lady has been arrested in California almost 4 many years later, authorities stated Thursday.
Detectives from the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Workplace had been touring to San Diego County to interview Donald Michael Santini, who was being held in jail following his arrest Wednesday, the sheriff’s workplace stated in a press release.
Santini had been on the run since June 1984, when Florida authorities obtained an arrest warrant linking him to the strangling loss of life of 33-year-old Cynthia Ruth Wooden of Bradenton, positioned south of Tampa.
Wooden’s physique was present in a watery ditch three days after she went lacking on June 6 of that yr.
The arrest warrant stated a medical expert decided she had been strangled and Santini’s fingerprints had been discovered on her physique, WFTS-TV reported.
“We’re conscious of this arrest and have despatched detectives to interview Santini, whereas we await extradition,” the sheriff’s workplace stated in a press release. “This arrest permits us to reexamine proof collected in 1984 utilizing the know-how of at present, because the case is now thought of open as soon as once more.”
On-line jail information stated Santini, 65, was arrested as a fugitive.
He was scheduled to seem in court docket in San Diego County on Friday.
Information had no itemizing of an legal professional for Santini who might converse on his behalf.