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COUNTRY UNDER ANOTHER NAME IN

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CALIFORNIA ESSENTIALLY HIDING

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IN THE OPEN.

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OUR KATHY PARK HAS MORE.

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>> Reporter:  TONIGHT THE LONG
ARM OF THE LAW FINALLY CATCHING

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ARM OF THE LAW FINALLY CATCHING

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UP TO A MURDER SUSPECT ON THE

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RUN FOR NEARLY FOUR DECADES.

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65-YEAR-OLD DONALD SANTINI

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APPEARED SEVERAL TIMES ON THE

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TV SHOW "AMERICA’S MOST

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WANTED."

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NOW AUTHORITIES SAY HE’S IN

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JAIL FACING A FIRST DEGREE

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MURDER CHARGE FOR THE KILLING

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OF CYNTHIA WOOD.

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U.S. MARSHALS WERE ABLE TO

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ARREST SANTINI IN SAN DIEGO

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COUNTY WHERE HE WAS LIVING

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UNDER AN ALIAS AND ON A LOCAL

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WATERBOARD, OFTEN APPEARING AT

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PUBLIC MEETINGS AND THIS WEEK

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HE WAS EXTRADITED TO TAMPA.

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THIS VIDEO SHOWS HIM BOOKED IN

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THE ORIENT ROAD JAIL.

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FLORIDA DETECTIVES SAY THEIR

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INVESTIGATION STRETCHED INTO

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TEXAS, CALIFORNIA, AND AS FAR

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AWAY AS THAILAND BUT HAD NO

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LUCK UNTIL NOW.

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NBC AFFILIATE WSLA COVERED THE

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1984 MURDER.

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AUTHORITIES SAY WOOD WAS 25

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YEARS OLD, GOING THROUGH A

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DIVORCE, AND THAT SHE WAS LAST

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SEEN ALIVE WITH SANTINI

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ALLEGEDLY.

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HER BODY WAS FOUND IN A DITCH.

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>> I HAPPENED TO LOOK DOWN AND

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SEE THE FEET FIRST AND LOOKED

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UP AND COULD TELL THE BODY WAS

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BLOATED.

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>> Reporter:  ACCORDING TO THE

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A.P., HIS ARREST WARRANTS

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STATES SHE WAS STRANGLED TO

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DEATH AND THE MEDICAL EXAMINER

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FOUND SANTINI’S FINGERPRINTS ON

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HER BODY.

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YEARS AFTER THE MURDER WFLA

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SPOKE TO THE WOMAN WHO RENTED

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OUT A ROOM TO SANTINI.

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>> HE TALKED ABOUT THE CRIME,

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HE GOT A HAPPY FEELING.

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>> Reporter:  THE CLERK OF

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COUNTY SAYING SANTINI HAS NOT

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BEEN ASSIGNED A PUBLIC DEFENDER

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YET TO COMMENT ON THE CASE.

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THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY

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SHERIFF’S OFFICE TELLING NBC

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NEWS IN A STATEMENT, "THE

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ARREST OF SANTINI BRINGS

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CLOSURE TO A LONGSTANDING COLD

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CASE AND PROVIDES JUSTICE TO

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THE VICTIM AND HER FAMILY AFTER

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NEARLY FOUR DECADES OF

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WAITING," THE OUTCOME STUNNED

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FORMER REPORTER LANCE WILLIAMS,

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WHO COVERED THE STORY.

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>> I STILL CAN’T BELIEVE IT.

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I JUST LOVE THE FACT THAT

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SOMEBODY DIDN’T GIVE UP.