Florida man arrested for murder he committed 40 years ago
California authorities have caught a Florida criminal who managed to avoid arrest for almost 40 years in connection with the murder of a 33-year-old woman in 1984, reports New York Post.
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San Diego, California authorities arrested Donald Michael Santini on Wednesday, June 7, for the 1984 murder of Cynthia Ruth Wood, a 33-year-old woman whose body was found in a drainage ditch after being strangled to death in Hillsborough County, Florida .
The arrest warrant states that the medical examiner determined she had been strangled and Santini's fingerprints were found on her body.
Santini was the last person seen leaving the 33-year-old victim's home in 1984, according to police. On June 9, 1984, the police found Ruth's body.
"The suspect did not appear after this incident and is possibly in Texas under a false name," the sheriff's office noted on the Unsolved Murders page.
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Prior to his arrest, Santini lived in California under an assumed name, hiding from the police. An arrest warrant obtained by local publication WFLA says Santini hid under the aliases Charles Michael Stevens, Donald Chapman and John Trimble for 39 years.
According to the warrant, Santini's fingerprints were found on Wood's body.
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The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office said in a statement that "today's technology" has helped detectives reopen a cold case.
“This arrest allows us to re-examine evidence collected in 1984 using today's technology as the case is now considered open again,” the sheriff said.
Santini appeared in San Diego District Court on Friday, June 9, and is awaiting extradition to Florida.
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