Overview

• A Josephine County grand jury indicted 72-year-old Mark Sanfratello on June 27 for the murder of Teresa Peroni.
• Forensic analysts at the University of North Texas confirmed that a skull found in the 1990s belonged to Peroni.
• Sanfratello was arrested in Chico, California, last weekend and is being held pending extradition to Oregon.
• Investigators reopened the cold case in 2024 and used new DNA evidence to revive the decades-old investigation.
• Sanfratello’s prior convictions for attempted murder, rape and burglary underscore the severity of the charges he now faces.