Nearly 41 years after Ronald Gaskey's murder, Newport Beach Police arrested 70-year-old Larry Manatt on suspicion of killing the carpenter in 1983.
Ronald Gaskey, 35, was found beaten to death in December 1983, and the case remained unsolved until detectives reopened it and identified Manatt as a suspect.
As technology and techniques have advanced, cold cases like Gaskey's are increasingly being revisited, often leading to new evidence and suspects being identified.
The investigation has remained crucial not just for justice but also for closure for Gaskey's family, who suffered without answers for decades.
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