Cinthia “Cindi” Wanner was cleaning her sister’s Placer County home 34 years ago when someone…
Cinthia “Cindi” Wanner was cleaning her sister’s Placer County home 34 years ago when someone kidnapped her, taking the 36-year-old mother and leaving behind her 11-month-old daughter in a high chair where she was found later crying and alone. Wanner was sexually assaulted and left to die among trees in the Foresthill area, where her body was found more than two weeks later. The investigation into her murder went unsolved without any arrests for more than three decades until earlier this year, when authorities used DNA to identify a suspect. Last week, a crime analyst in Arizona used facial recognition technology to help investigators find the man believed to have killed Wanner. James Lawhead Jr., 64, was arrested on suspicion of homicide in Wanner’s November 1991 disappearance and subsequent death, Placer County Sheriff Wayne Woo announced on April 27 at a news conference in Auburn. He said investigators arrested Lawhead in the driveway of his home in Bullhead, Arizona. To read more, check out sacbee.com. ✍️: Rosalio Ahumada 📸: Placer County Sheriff's Office #coldcase #crime #truecrime #murder #california #placercounty #auburnca #arrest
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