Mobile UPI  |   About UPI  |   UPI en Español  |   UPI Arabic  |   UPIU  |   My Account
Search:
Go

Man charged with 1980s killings

|
|
 
  
Published: Dec. 6, 2008 at 3:42 PM

HARTFORD, Conn., Dec. 6 (UPI) -- A Connecticut man suspected of killing three teenage girls in the 1980s has been charged with the crimes.

Another man was convicted of one of the killings and is serving a 60-year sentence. The investigation was reopened by the Connecticut Innocence Project, The Hartford Courant reported Saturday.

Pedro Miranda, 51, of New Britain was arrested Friday by Hartford police on charges that include three counts of murder. Investigators say he was a casual acquaintance of two victims last seen walking home.

The first victim, Rosa Valentin, 16, disappeared in 1986, and her body was never found.

Mayra Cruz, 13, was abducted in 1987. Her body was found a month later.

Carmen Lopez, 17, was killed not long after. She was a cousin of Miranda's girlfriend and was last seen at a New Year's Eve party in his apartment.

Her boyfriend, Miguel Roman, was convicted of killing her, even though an FBI agent testified that his DNA did not match that found on the body. He remains in prison, but his attorneys plan to file a motion for a new trial.

© 2008 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Any reproduction, republication, redistribution and/or modification of any UPI content is expressly prohibited without UPI's prior written consent.

Order reprints
  
Join the conversation
Most Popular Collections
The Tibetan Moniam Festival in China Super Bowl XLVI ticker tape victory parade The making of the Oscars
The Chicago Auto Show The Most Desirable Women of 2012 Tu Bishvat Migron settlement
Additional Top News Stories
1 of 25
Meryl Streep and Colin Firth attend the "BAFTA" ceremony in London
View Caption
fark
High school coach retires at 65 after getting arrested nude, "aroused" in car backseat with 17-year-old...
Man arrested for stealing $25k worth of Tide detergent. Witnesses say the suspect appeared quite...
News: Two cars fighting gun battle on Interstate accidentally fire into car of innocent women. Fark:...
Dads, before showing "The Smurfs" DVD from your laptop at your kid's birthday party, make sure you...
It's a Jeep thing. You wouldn't understand
Baby shower ends with three people stabbed after a drunken argument between relatives of mom-to-be...