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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Katie Hawkinson

New DNA evidence leads to man’s murder indictment four decades after ex-girlfriend’s disappearance

Teresa Peroni disappeared in 1983. Her then-boyfriend has now been charged with her murder more than four decades later - (National Missing and Unidentified Persons System)

New DNA evidence has led to the arrest of a 72-year-old man accused of killing his girlfriend more than four decades ago.

Mark Sanfratello was arrested in Chico, California on Saturday in connection with the 1983 disappearance of his then-girlfriend Teresa Peroni. He was indicted on a murder charge Friday after new DNA evidence shed light on the cold case.

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