Suspect Arrested In Dentist Murder
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| 10/31/2009 |
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| POLICE ARRESTED AN OKLAHOMA CITY MAN ON SUSPICION OF MURDER ON SATURDAY. MICHAEL ALLEN NAKVINDA, 41, OF OKLAHOMA CITY, IS NOW IN THE OKLAHOMA COUNTY JAIL. ON MONDAY, 49-YEAR-OLD PHILIP GATTUSO WAS FOUND DEAD FROM HEAD INJURIES IN HIS CONDOMINIUM. FARGO POLICE ANNOUNCED TONIGHT THEY WERE ABLE TO TRACK THE SUSPECT DOWN THROUGH THE HELP OF AN ALERT TIPSTER. THEY HAD BEEN LOOKING FOR GATTUSO`S PORSCHE BOXSTER, WHICH THEY THOUGHT MAY HAVE BEEN HAULED AWAY ON A FLATBED ON WEDNESDAY, SOMEONE SPOTTED A TRUCK MATCHING THAT DESCRIPTION AT A REST AREA ALONG I-29 NEAR THE NORTH DAKOTA SOUTH DAKOTA BORDER. POLICE GOT THE OKLAHOMA LICENSE PLATE NUMBER THROUGH SURVEILLANCE VIDEO, AND, WITH THE HELP OF OKLAHOMA CITY AUTHORITIES, EXECUTED A SEARCH WARRANT ON NAKVINDA`S HOME THIS MORNING. "WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS CASE SINCE LAST MONDAY AND AS I KNOW THERE`S A LOT OF TIRED PEOPLE WORKING ON IT, BUT I`M HESITANT TO SEND THEM HOME BECAUSE WE WANT TO FIGURE OUT WHAT HAPPENED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE," SAID KEITH TERNES, FARGO POLICE CHIEF. FORMAL CHARGES WILL LIKELY THE FILED ON MONDAY. FARGO POLICE SAY HE`LL LIKELY FACE NOT ONLY HOMICIDE CHARGES BUT ALSO THEFT CHARGES. POLICE HAVE NOT FOUND GATTUSO`S PORSCHE. GATTUSO USED TO LIVE AND WORK IN OKLAHOMA CITY, BUT POLICE ARE NOT RELEASING ANY INFORMATION ABOUT HOW HE AND NAKVINDA MAY HAVE KNOWN EACH OTHER. |
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