Fugitive on run for 4 many years arrested for ‘strangling lady to dying’

A Florida fugitive who has been on the run from police for almost 4 many years after allegedly strangling a girl to dying in 1984 has lastly been arrested, reports The Daily Express US.

Donald Michael Santini, 65, was arrested by the California authorities over the killing of Cynthia Ruth Wood, from the town of Bradenton, south of Tampa, Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office confirmed.

Three days following her disappearance on June 6, 1984, Wood’s physique was discovered by police in a watery ditch in Riverview, close to Tampa. It was decided she had been strangled by a health worker, as said within the arrest warrant, and Santini’s fingerprints had been discovered on her physique, the Tampa Bay Times stories.

Santini was the final particular person seen leaving Wood’s residence in 1984, in response to police. The Sheriff’s workplace notes in an ‘Unsolved Homicides’ web page reads: “The suspect has not been seen since this incident and may be in the state of Texas using an unknown identity.”

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Before his arrest, Santini was really liveing within the Golden State of California as a fugitive below an assumed title.

At least 13 aliases and a historical past of earlier convictions together with the aggravated theft of a Texan comfort retailer in 1983 have been reported in connection to Santini, and following the 1983 theft, he disappeared from the state days after.

Following his arrest many years later, Santini is being held in a San Diego County jail for questioning by detectives from the sheriff’s workplace.

The sheriff’s workplace stated in an announcement: “We are aware of this arrest and have sent detectives to interview Santini, while we await extradition.

“This arrest allows us to reexamine evidence collected in 1984 using the technology of today, as the case is now considered open once again.”

Santini was scheduled to look in a San Diego County courtroom for an extradition listening to on Friday. He doesn’t have an legal professional listed who may converse on his behalf.

At the time of the homicide, Wood had been waging conflict in custody battle for her kids towards her estranged husband, Barry Wood, who she additionally accused of bodily abusing her and her son from a earlier marriage.

According to the Tampa Bay Times, Santini had phoned Wood promising to supply details about her husband, which was the premise of their encounter.