Florida deputies arrest man for 1992 cold case murder
Orange County Sheriff John Mina announced the arrest of Ronald Cates, who's accused of killing 53-year-old John Stagner in 1992.
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Orange County Sheriff John Mina announced the arrest of Ronald Cates, who's accused of killing 53-year-old John Stagner in 1992.
The suspect's family reached out and helped bring him to justice, officials said.
The family members of Robert Cates, a man accused of killing his friend in Orlando in 1992, came forward to law enforcement to help solve the Orange County cold case, investigators announced during a news conference held Wednesday – exactly 30 years to the date of the crime.
Thirty years after John Stagner was killed, Orange County detectives say his killer confessed and is now facing a first-degree murder charge.