Passing grants, raw – A man suspected of the disappearance of his girlfriend at the time was called in the 1980s and was recently delivered from California to Oregon on charges of murder that stems from the cold case.
In the state of Oregon, the Office of Oregon said in a statement that Mark Sanfratilo, 72, was called on Wednesday at the Josephine Provincial Court in southern Oregon after a major jury charged him with second -degree murder in the death of Teresa Peroni, in a statement.
Sanfratello is held without sponsorship, according to the online court records. Defense lawyer, Elizabeth Baker, said that he was “demanding all the rights granted by law.”
Peroni disappeared in 1983 at the age of 27 after attending a party in a rural area near the small town of Salma. The authorities say she was seen last time walking in the woods with Sanfratilo, her boyfriend at the time. The authorities have achieved, but there was not enough evidence to move forward.
In 1997, a human skull was found on a nearby property, then was searched using a bodies, according to the Josephine Sharif County Office. The skull was sent to the University of North Texas for the exam.
Sharif’s office reopened the case in 2024, when investigators collected new DNA evidence and used a modern forensic test. With the additional DNA, experts at the university were able to confirm that the skull was Peroni.
Sanfratello was held last month in Chico, California.
Investigators are still looking for information from anyone who attended the party.
“What happened to the Terisa Peroni left her family with decades of uncertainty and sadness,” said Oregon Dan Rivild, Prosecutor Dan Rivild. “Although the legal process is now ongoing and it is not important not to obtain its prior results, this arrest reflects the possible progress when law enforcement agencies continue and develop with new tools. It is a strong reminder that the time does not erase the need for answers.”
that it The second cold case of Oregon This has been linked to a person in California. The state police said in May that a dead man was found along the 5th Highway in Oregon, his identity was identified after about 45 years and that the serial killer in California is notorious Randy Kraft was the only person under investigation into the 1980 killing.