Tudor Chirila a 77-year-old man from Nevada was arrested on Tuesday, September 13, after Hawaii authorities accused him of the murder of a 19-year-old young girl in her Waikiki apartment five decades ago as per the records.
The old man was arrested on a second-degree murder charge. Read more on why Tudor Chirila was arrested in a 50-year-old murder case? Did he really kill a young girl year back? What happened decades ago?
What happened 50 years ago? Who killed 19-year-old Nancy?
On January 7, 1972, a 27-year-old Tudor Chirila man allegedly stabbed 19-year-old Nancy Elaine Anderson was stabbed to death in her Waikiki apartment. Anderson’s roommate, who was sleeping in the apartment at the time of the killing, discovered her body with several stab wounds.
Nancy Elaine Anderson, was a McDonald’s employee, she did two years of graduation from a Michigan high school before she died. Her friends and co-workers described her as happy and friendly.
According to the affidavit On January 7, Anderson’s roommate found her body after she awoke from a nap. Her roommate found Anderson on the floor covered in blood, after a medical examination it was found that Anderson had 63 stab wounds. The case went under investigation for a long time and the suspects who visited her that day were well investigated, but it did not lead to any clue after the investigations back then. Chirila was not a suspect in those years, the case remained unsolved and went cold for years.
Why is Tudor Chirila arrested after 50 years?
Fifty years after Nancy Elaine Anderson’s killing, police obtained a DNA sample from her suspected murderer, which led to the arrest of Tudor Chirila, according to an affidavit. In January 1972, 19-year-old Nancy was found dead in her apartment, and her case went unsolved for decades. In the early 2000s, a detective gave the investigation a fresh look and obtained DNA samples from Nancy’s bedspread, a slipper, and towels, including one found beside her body.
According to the affidavit, last year December authorities got information about the suspect Tudor Chirila but couldn’t take his DNA test. It was in April when his son who lives in Newport Beach, California gave the DNA sample which closely matched the DNA samples received from the place of the crime.
The suspected Tudor Chirila of Reno, survived a suicide attempt on September 8, when he was called to give his DNA sample at Washoe County Detention Facility.
Later after two days, the DNA test was done on Chirila and it matched that of the samples of the crime scene. The DNA results led to Mr. Chirila’s arrest on suspicion of murder. 77 years old Chirila has been charged with the second-degree murder of Nancy Elaine Anderson.
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The motive of the crime is still unknown, we believe justice will be done to the victim and her family members. Keep visiting the website for more news updates.