After Daughter's Crusade For the Truth, an 81-Year-Old Bay Area Man Has Been Arrested for His Wife's 1982 Murder

"Patrick Galvani, who has long been suspected of the murder of his wife, 36-year-old Nancy Galvani, is now facing a murder charge that he evaded for over four decades, thanks to new information or evidence that has not been disclosed by police. The San Mateo County District Attorney's Office, which previously charged Patrick Galvani shortly after the 1982 murder but later dropped the charge,"

""The daughter has, for all these years, tried to push for justice for the murder of her mother, and kept on pressing [the Foster City PD] to do it, and they would make those efforts," said San Mateo County DA Steve Wagstaffe, in a statement to the San Mateo Daily Journal. "This time around, I have confidence the evidence is enough.""

"Nancy Galvani had separated from her husband in the summer of 1982 as the couple was going through a divorce, and she was seeking custody of their daughter. She had taken Alison to live with her in a residence hotel in San Francisco's Tenderloin district, and had filed a restraining order against her husband, who she claimed had threatened her life and once put a pillow over face during a fight."

An 81-year-old man, Patrick Galvani, was arrested in Foster City on suspicion of murdering his 36-year-old wife, Nancy Galvani, 43 years earlier. New information or evidence prompted the San Mateo County District Attorney's Office to bring a murder charge that had been filed shortly after the 1982 killing and then dropped. The DA cited "recent developments" and expressed confidence that the evidence is now sufficient. The couple had separated in the summer of 1982 amid divorce proceedings, and Nancy was seeking custody of their daughter, Alison. Nancy moved Alison to a residence hotel in San Francisco's Tenderloin and filed a restraining order alleging threats and an incident in which her husband put a pillow over her face during a fight. On August 8, 1982, Patrick allegedly called Nancy to pick up Alison early, prompting Nancy to leave a dinner party to do so.

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