A man who was responsible for a brutal 30-year-old cold case was finally caught. As reported by the New York Times, authorities finally managed to crack the case after analysing a fingerprint found on duct tape present at the scene of the crime.
62-year-old William Antonio Solis was arrested in Florida on Thursday, April 23. He was charged for the alleged 1993 double-murder of Luis Guerrero and his wife Danis Sime. He had committed the murder in the Bronx.
The original case made headlines at the time due to the couple's child being present at the scene. Guerrero was a drug dealer, intending to sell two kilograms of drugs to Solis. But, Solis and two unnamed accomplices allegedly wrestled him to the ground and ended up murdering him and his wife.
Manhattan US Attorney Jay Clayton explained the solving of the cold case in a statement. "For more than 30 years, this Bronx double murder has haunted a family and the people of New York. That ends today." He further explained the motive behind the killing. "After a discussion about what to do, the defendant and his co-conspirators decided they had no choice but to kill Guerrero and Sime."
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It's not clear if the two co-conspirators have been arrested, and the Manhattan Attorney's Office has declined to comment. Either way, Solis has been charged with two counts of intentional killing whilst engaged in a narcotics conspiracy. These charges carry up to life in prison, or the death penalty, if he's found guilty.
A Similar Cold Case Was Solved Recently
It seems like cold cases aren't always as cold as you'd expect. They often tend to be re-opened in light of new evidence.
And, as reported by MSN, this happened recently after a man was sentenced for the 1983 murder of his then-girlfriend. 73-year-old Mark Sanfratello was handed 20 years in prison on Tuesday, April 22. This comes after he pleaded guilty to the first-degree manslaughter of Teresa Peroni.
Peroni's skull was found in 1997 on a property nearby to the forest she was last seen in with Sanfratello. But, although the case remained cold, it was re-opened in 2024. Upon investigators re-examining evidence as well as gathering new stuff, Sanfratello was eventually arrested in 2025.
