Fugitive suspect in 1984 murder arrested 39 years later after decades on the run
- Donald Michael Santini was arrested in California for the 1984 killing of Cynthia Ruth Wood in Florida.
- Santini had been wanted by authorities since June 1984 but had evaded capture for 39 years.
- Wood's body was found strangled in a ditch three days after she went missing in 1984.
- Santini's fingerprints were found on Wood's body, and an autopsy found she had been strangled.
- Santini's arrest allows investigators to re-examine the evidence from 1984 using modern forensic technology.