A human skull found discarded in a field was the key to unlocking the 42-year-old mystery of a woman who vanished after walking into Oregon woods with her boyfriend in 1983.
Police in California arrested her beau, Mark Sanfratello, now 72, on Saturday and charged him with murder for his alleged role in the death of his girlfriend, Teresa Peroni, who was 27 at the time of her disappearance.
Peroni attended a party in Selma with her 29-year-old then-boyfriend on July 3, 1983, cops said.
Teresa Peroni vanished after she went into the woods with her boyfriend in 1983. The Sacramento Bee
The couple had a troubled relationship.
After the party, the couple got into a fight when Sanfratello accused Peroni of infidelity, and the two soon went into a wooded area — and Peroni was never seen alive again, police said.
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