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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.
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