Overview
- Patrick Vincent Galvani was arrested in San Francisco on Monday and charged in the death of his wife, Nancy Galvani.
- He is being held in San Mateo County Jail without bail, according to booking records.
- Foster City police described the probe as active and ongoing and declined to release further details.
- Nancy Galvani’s body was found on Aug. 9, 1982, drifting under the San Mateo Bridge, wrapped in a sleeping bag and tied to a cinder block, with strangulation cited as the cause of death.
- Prosecutors dismissed an earlier 1982 murder charge for lack of evidence, and daughter Alison Galvani’s yearslong campaign and wrongful-death suit helped spur renewed attention.