GRANTS PASS, Ore. — A man who is suspected in the disappearance of his then-girlfriend in the 1980s and was recently ...

A man charged with murder in the 1983 death of his then-girlfriend has been extradited to Oregon and made his first appearance in court this week.

California man’s girlfriend disappeared in 1983. Cops have just charged him with her murder - More than 40 years after Teresa ...

Teresa Peroni was last seen on July 4, 1983, in Selma, Oregon. DNA testing confirmed that a skull found in 1997 was hers.

It would be 14 years before investigators got their first break in the case and another 25 before they had a suspect.

Teresa Peroni, 27, vanished on July 3, 1983, in Oregon after an argument with her former boyfriend, who is now 72 and living in California.

Mark Sanfratello, now 72, was last seen with his girlfriend Teresa Peroni in July 1983. Her remains were found 14 years later in 1997.

Mark Sanfratello, 72, was arrested in Chico, California, in connection with the 1983 death of Teresa Peroni, the Josephine County Sheriff’s Office said in a June 30 Facebook post.

Teresa Peroni and Mark Sanfratello in 1982. Mr. Sanfratello was arrested in California and charged with murder in her 1983 death. The arrest came after DNA evidence helped identify her remains.