‘America’s Most Wanted’ murder suspect outran cops for 39 years, hid in plain sight as California officialBy Selim Algar
June 29, 2023
He was serving in plain sight.
A Florida man who outran cops for 39 years despite three appearances on “America’s Most Wanted” was caught in California this month while serving as president of a local water board, according to reports.
Donald Santini, 65, vanished from Hillsborough County in 1984 after being named the prime suspect in the brutal strangulation murder of Cynthia Ruth Wood, who’s body was found dumped in a canal.
“We are all flabbergasted,” a colleague of Santini on the Lake Morena Views Mutual Water Company told ABC 10.
“He was a pillar of the community. He seemed upstanding. He was an advocate, non-confrontational, and was hardly hiding. I am still trying to process all of this.”
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Source:
https://nypost.com/2023/06/29/murder-suspect-donald-santini-outran-cops-for-39-years-before-arrest/
