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KILLER IS. >> I STILL MOURN HER DEATH. I GOT TO BE OLD. SHE DIDN’T. SHE’S FOREVER 16. REPORTER: PAMELA LYNN CONYERS WAS A STUDENT AT GLEN BURNIE HIGH SCHOOL AND WAS LAST SEEN ALIVE ON OCTOBER 16, 1970. AFTER SHE WENT TO HAIRUNDALE MALL TO RUN AN ERRAND. THE CAR WAS FOUND THREE DAYS LATER. HER BODY, LESS THAN 24 HOURS AFTER THAT. ON THE SIDE OF WHAT WAS THEN AN UNDER-CONSTRUCTION ROUTE 100. >> I REMEMBER THAT MONDAY MORNING, I HAD TRIG CLASS WITH HER, AND SEEING HER EMPTY DESK REALLY BROUGHT IT HOME. REPORTER: SHE’D BEEN STRANGLED AND TODAY, MORE THAN 52 YEARS LATER, ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY POLICE AND THE FBI ID THE KILLER. >> THAT SUSPECT IS FORREST CLYDE WILLIAMS THE THIRD. HOWEVER, MR. WILLIAMS DIED IN 2018. IF HE WERE STILL ALIVE, HE WOULD HAVE BEEN CHARGED WITH THE MURDER OF PAMELA CONYERS. REPORTER: A CASE THAT’S BEEN COLD FOR MORE THAN A HALF CENTURY CRACKED BY HIGH TECH. DNA EVIDENCE AND DNA DATABASES. >> THE FBI THROUGH INVESTIGATIVE GENETIC GENEALOGY HAVE HELPED IDENTIFY THE MAN WHO KILLED PAMELA. WE HOPE THIS OFFERS SOME CONSOLATION TO THOSE WHO LOVED HER. >> I HAD TEARS IN MY EYES AS THEY WERE SAYING THIS BECAUSE IT’S LIKE, IT’S SOMETHING YOU NEVER, EVER, EVER FORGET. AND EVEN MY KIDS KNOW ABOUT IT. REPORTER: FORREST WILLIAMS GREW UP AROUND HERE AND WENT TO NORTHEAST HIGH SCHOOL IN PASADENA. AND THIS BOOKING PHOTO THEY PUT UP BEHIND THE PODIUM? TAKEN BY ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY POLICE MONTHS AFTER THE HOMICIDE DURING WILLIAMS’ ARREST FOR UNRELATED CHARGES. >> DETECTIVES AND INVESTIGATORS HAVE NOT RULED OUT THE POSSIBILITY THAT ANOTHER PERSON OR PERSONS MAY BE INVOLVED IN HER MURDER. >> EVEN THOUGH THERE’S NOT 100% CLOSURE, THERE’S SOMETHING. THERE IS A PERSON. REPORTER: TODAY INVESTIGATORS WERE CONFIDENT WHEN THEY SAID THEY DO NOT BELIEVE FORREST WILLIAMS THE THIRD HAS ANY CONNECTION TO THE STILL UNSOLVED MURDER OF SISTER KATHY SEZNICK IN BALTIMORE BACK IN THE 70’S. SHE ASKED MANY NOW KNOW HER CASE WAS THE SUBJECT OF T
Man who appeared on ‘America’s Most Wanted’ several times arrested in 1984 murder
Related video above: DNA, genealogy crack separate decades-old cold case killingA Florida man who has been on the run for almost four decades for a 1984 murder has been caught in California and extradited back to Florida, the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release.Donald Santini was wanted for the murder of Cynthia Wood. Santini was the last person seen with Wood before her body was discovered strangled and left in a canal. He was then identified as a suspect and fled the county immediately, the release said.Earlier this month, Santini was found in San Diego after evading capture for 39 years, it added.“The arrest of Donald Santini brings closure to a long-standing cold case and provides justice for the victim and her family after nearly four decades of waiting,” Sheriff Chad Chronister said in the release. “Let’s not forget the tireless work that has gone into this case over the years, the resources, and expertise to pursue justice for Cynthia Wood.” Santini, who has appeared several times on “America’s Most Wanted” throughout the years, has been charged with first-degree murder.He is currently back in the custody of Hillsborough County. It is unknown if he has an attorney.
Related video above: DNA, genealogy crack separate decades-old cold case killing
A Florida man who has been on the run for almost four decades for a 1984 murder has been caught in California and extradited back to Florida, the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release.
Donald Santini was wanted for the murder of Cynthia Wood. Santini was the last person seen with Wood before her body was discovered strangled and left in a canal. He was then identified as a suspect and fled the county immediately, the release said.
Earlier this month, Santini was found in San Diego after evading capture for 39 years, it added.
“The arrest of Donald Santini brings closure to a long-standing cold case and provides justice for the victim and her family after nearly four decades of waiting,” Sheriff Chad Chronister said in the release. “Let’s not forget the tireless work that has gone into this case over the years, the resources, and expertise to pursue justice for Cynthia Wood.”
Santini, who has appeared several times on “America’s Most Wanted” throughout the years, has been charged with first-degree murder.
He is currently back in the custody of Hillsborough County. It is unknown if he has an attorney.
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