Decades on the Run: Infamous Fugitive Donald Santini Finally Captured for 1984 Florida Murder

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After evading arrest for nearly four decades, a man featured on "America's Most Wanted" has been charged with the murder of Cynthia Ruth Wood in Florida in 1984. Donald Santini, who had used multiple aliases while on the run, was arrested in California and extradited to Florida to stand trial. Santini had promised Wood information about her husband to help her win custody of her children, but she was found strangled to death three days after their meeting. Santini had a criminal history, including a conviction for rape in Germany in 1978 and a robbery charge in Texas in 1983. The case is still active as authorities re-examine evidence collected in 1984.
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