A man who is suspected in the disappearance of his then-girlfriend in the 1980s and was recently extradited from California to Oregon has been arraigned on a murder charge stemming from the cold case.
Mark Sanfratello, 72, was arraigned Wednesday in Josephine County Circuit Court in southern Oregon after a grand jury indicted him for second-degree murder in the death of Teresa Peroni, the Oregon attorney general’s office said in a statement.
Sanfratello is being held without bail, according to online court records.
Mark Sanfratello, 72, was extradited from California to Oregon as he was most recently suspected of the 1983 disappearance and killing of his then-girlfriend Teresa Peroni. National Missing and Unidentified Persons System
His defense attorney, Elizabeth Baker, said he is “claiming all the rights afforded him under the law.”
Peroni disappeared in 1983 at age 27 after attending a party in a rural area near the