Man indicted on murder charge 42 years after his ex-girlfriend disappeared

A 72-year-old man was indicted on a murder charge after new DNA evidence in a decades-old missing person investigation identified the remains of his former girlfriend.

A 72-year-old man was indicted on a murder charge after new DNA evidence in a decades-old missing person investigation identified the remains of his former girlfriend.

Teresa Peroni was 27 when she disappeared July 3, 1983, in Selma, Oregon, according to a profile for her in the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System.

"Following an argument over Peroni having another lover, Peroni and boyfriend went into the woods at 1270 Illinois River Rd," the profile said. "Peroni never returns."

An investigation was opened not long after she was last seen when her family reported her missing, the Josephine County Sheriff’s Office said. She was dating a man two years older than her named Mark Sanfratello, the office said.

There was never any probable cause to file charges in the case, and, at the time, no body was found. In a news release last week, the Josephine County Sheriff’s Office said it had reopened the investigation last year.