TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — A 65-year-old California fugitive who eluded authorities for nearly four decades before his arrest in June has been sentenced to 50 years in prison for killing a Florida woman.
“Good luck,” the judge told Santini, who has been in jail without bond since his arrest in June at his home near San Diego.
Before his arrest, Santini had lived in California under the name of Wellman Simmonds.
Harmon said a woman who was in a relationship with Santini told investigators that he borrowed a van to go on the date.
Santini told the woman the next morning that he’d killed Wood and dumped her body, Harmon said.
Persons:
Donald Santini, Samantha Ward, “, Santini, ” Santini, Wellman Simmonds, Charles Michael Stevens, Cynthia “ Cindy ” Ruth Wood, Scott Harmon, Wood, Harmon, ” Harmon, he’d, Jamie Kane
Organizations:
Tampa Bay Times, Force, Prosecutors, Hillsborough
Locations:
TAMPA, Fla, California, Florida, Tampa, San Diego, Campo, U.S, Texas, Hillsborough County