FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. (TCD) -- A man was captured and extradited back to the United States nearly 33 years after he allegedly stabbed and killed his wife, then fled the country.
Fairfax County Police Chief Kevin Davis announced in a press conference Monday, Jan. 22, that Jose Lazaro Cruz was captured in Costa Rica and brought back to Virginia to face charges for allegedly killing his wife, Ana Jurado.
Davis said this "wasn’t a typical cold case" because investigators identified Cruz as the suspect from the start and worked for years to apprehend him.
"He was on the lam,"
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