Man arraigned on murder charge in Oregon for death of his then-girlfriend in 1980s cold case
Grants Pass, Ore. (AP) -1980s suspected that his girlfriend disappeared at the time and recently returned from California to Oregon, a man was held on charges of a murder caused by a cold case.
72 -year -old Mark Sanfratello, a large jury in the death of Teresa Peroni’nin because of the second -degree murder, said in a statement, Wednesday in the South Oregon Josephine District Circuit Court was arranged.
According to online court records, Sanfratello is kept without bail. Defense lawyer Elizabeth Baker said, ği He claims that all rights granted to him in accordance with the law ”.
Peroni disappeared in 1983 at the age of 27 after joining a party in a rural area near Salma town. Authorities, at the time, said that he saw his boyfriend Sanfratello walking in the forest. Authorities investigated, but there was not enough evidence to advance by charges.
According to the Şerif Office of the Josephine district in 1997, a human skull was found in a nearby property, which was later searched for the use of a cadaver dog. The skull was sent to Northern Texas University for examination.
The Sharif office reopened the case in 2024, researchers collected new DNA evidence and used modern forensic tests. Annex DNA and experts at the university were able to confirm that the skull was a peroni.
Sanfratello was detained in California last month, Chico.
The inspectors are still looking for information from everyone who joins the party.
Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield said, “What happened to Teresa Peroni, leaving her family with decimal uncertainty and grief,” he said. “Although the legal process is currently going on and it is important to prejudice the result, this arrest reflects the progress possible when the law enforcement officers continue with new vehicles.
This Second new Oregon Cold Case It is linked to someone in California. The state police said that a man who was found dead during the Interstate 5 in Oregon in May was defined after about 45 years and that the malicious California serial killer Randy Kraft was the only investigation for 1980 killing.
