News about Karen Russell

After evading cops for four decades, America's Most Wanted fugitive Donald Santini will die in jail following a plea deal for strangling single mother to death

www.dailymail.co.uk, November 18, 2023
Donald Santini, America's Most Wanted fugitive, who spent 40 years on the run, has been sentenced to the 1994 murder of Cynthia 'Cindy' Wood (right), which will see him die in prison. Cynthia 'Cindy' Wood, 33, was arrested in Southern California in June for strangling to death. He appeared on America's Most Wanted three times - in 1990, 2005, and 2013 - and stayed on the list until cops got a warning in June that he had applied for a passport.

Donald Santini, the daughter of America's Most Wanted fugitive, was'set up.'

www.dailymail.co.uk, July 17, 2023
Whitney Simmonds discovered in June that her father had been arrested by US Marshals in connection with the brutal murder of a mother of four in Florida in 1984. Whitney also found that her father's name was Donald Santini, 20 years older than she expected, and that he had been living under various aliases throughout most of his life in order to avoid law enforcement. Whitney's story is still unfolding. Whitney said in an exclusive interview with DailyMail.com that she believes that her father is being served by his angry older siblings and that the justice system is pushing the world away from her understanding that he is guilty.

How Donald Santini, America's Most Wanted fugitive, hid in plain sight in California

www.dailymail.co.uk, July 8, 2023
Donald Santini, 65, was arrested in Southern California last week for strangling to death Cynthia 'Cindy' Wood, 33, was arrested in Bradenton, Florida. He appeared on America's Most Wanted three times. Santini wrote a letter to a local news station explaining: "The reason I have been able to run so long is to live a loving, compassionate life."