Man convicted in wife’s disappearance arrested over other woman’s unsolved 1990 murder
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Bob McCaffrey, convicted in his wife's disappearance, was arrested for an unsolved 1990 murder.
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Bob McCaffrey, who was previously convicted in connection with his wife Gayle’s 2012 disappearance in South Carolina, has been arrested for the 1990 murder of Lisa Marie McBride in New Jersey. McCaffrey, 54, was apprehended in North Carolina, where he had been residing, on suspicion of the killing of McBride, 27. This arrest links a man previously involved in a high-profile disappearance to an unsolved cold case from over two decades prior. Authorities announced the arrest in a statement, indicating new developments in the 36-year-old murder investigation.
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Authorities arrested Bob McCaffrey in North Carolina for the 1990 murder of Lisa Marie McBride.
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