Profile

Name: Donald Michael Santini (Donald Chapman, John Michael Trimble, Steve Buice, Charles Michael Stevens, Joseph Brewster)
Aliases: Donald Chapman, John Michael Trimble, Steve Buice, Charles Michael Stevens, Joseph Brewster
Sex: Male
Race: White
Age Now: 50
Height: 6'1\"
Weight: 160 lbs
Hair (Color, Description, Facial Hair): Blond\rSantini's hair was graying in 1984 -- it may now be white.\rSantini was known to dye his hair brown or blonde.
Eyes (Color and Correction): Blue
Other Physical Characteristics: May have a mustache\rHas a mole or a birthmark below his Adam's apple
Wanted for: Murder, Hillsborough County, FL; Jun 05, 1984

Locations

Last seen: Tampa, FL Santini fled his girlfriend's house in Tampa.
Possible location: Pasedena, TX Santini attended high school in the Houston/Pasadena area.
Last known: Unkown

Traits

Laborer, electrician, landscaper and painter
Plays the guitar and writes songs
Likes to imitate Elvis Presley
Proficient in karate
Convicted of Rape while in the US Army in Frankfort, Germany
Trained in weapons, possibly explosives
Idolizes the Green Berets
LIkes being around horses
Drinks Jack Daniels whiskey

Case Story

A Date With A Killer

Cynthia Wood was 33, separated, and starting a new life in Tampa with her nine year old son.  She was hopeful she would win custody of her two younger children who were living with their father. Cynthia hadn't dated since her separation but had a potential suitor, a man who frequently came by the daycare center where Cynthia worked.  Every time he picked up his \"cousin's children\" he would asked Cynthia on a date.  On June 5th, 1984, Cynthia finally agreed to go on a dinner-date with Donald Santini. Before she left on her date that night, Cynthia told her son she really didn't want to go, that she only said yes, so Santini would leave her alone. She kissed her son goodbye and went off with Santini in his brown van. That was the last time Cynthia Woods was ever seen alive.

Murder For Hire

On June 9th, Cynthia's body was found floating in a ditch in Hillsborough County, not far from where police had discovered the bodies of two other women murdered weeks before.  Was there a serial killer in the area? Police quickly realized that the man who strangled Cynthia didn't match the M.O. of the other killer.  Santini's girlfriend came forward days later.  She said she had sex with Santini the night of June 5th and he had confessed to killing Cynthia as a contract murder.  Santini said he had dumped Cynthia's body where the other victims had been found hoping to throw police off his trail. Santini has been on the run 21 years. Once he's arrested, it is the hope of the Hillsborough Sheriff's office that they will have enough to charge the person who allegedly hired Santini.