2023-06-10 17:12:00
In 1984, a woman was murdered in Hillsborough County, West Florida. At that time, the authorities failed to capture the person responsible for the crime, however, the search has remained active for the last decades. Now, 39 years after the crime, the alleged culprit was located and arrested in a small community in San Diego, Calif.near the border with Mexico.
The investigation folder of the homicide of the Floridian Cynthia Ruth Wood went on hiatus for nearly four decades until Thursday night, when a group specialized in fugitives managed to arrest the main suspect: Donald Santini, 65 years olddetailed the authorities to NBC News.
The man was in Campo, a community that is about 40 miles from San Diego and where about 3,000 people live. Agents managed to locate him thanks to a tip provided by the Florida and Caribbean Region Fugitive Task Force. “This arrest allows us to re-examine evidence collected in 1984 using current technology, as the case is now considered open again.”Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman Amanda Granit said in a statement.
One day after his arrest, Santini appeared in court for an extradition hearing. This process was rejected, which means that it will be turned over to the Florida authorities. The person involved told the judge that his return to the Sunshine State worries him. “I just don’t feel safe because of the families,” he said, reported CBS News.
Douglas Miller, a public defender for the Golden State, revealed what the next step in Santini’s process is: “The Florida authorities have 30 days to catch it and take it to their territory, before the review date”. In the meantime, he will be held in California without bail. Miller did not detail how the man was tracked down, or whether he used an alias to escape police all this time.
Michael Running Junior, assistant district attorney of San Diego, declared to the previously cited outlet that he hopes the culprit meets the punishment he deserves, despite the fact that almost 40 years have passed since Wood’s execution: “Regardless of whether the case happened yesterday, or in this case decades ago, we want to make sure justice is served. and that the next of kin of the victims obtain a resolution.”
The wrongful killing of another human being is defined by various categories and degrees in the state of Florida. The most serious is considered “first degree”, which happens when a person ends someone’s life in a premeditated way.. Florida authorities define it as a capital offense and includes sentences such as life imprisonment, without the possibility of parole, and sometimes the death penalty, he explained. Justice Florida, a site specialized in law. The punishments depend on the classification that the authorities give to each of these crimes and could be:
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