Authorities arrest Los Angeles man for 1984 Northern California murder

A 59-year-old man has been arrested in Los Angeles and charged with murder in connection with a brutal 1984 killing in the Sacramento Valley.

The Placer County District Attorney's Office announced this week that Richard Raymond Moore, 59, had been arrested and charged with the murder of 69-year-old Madeline Garcia.

In 1984, Garcia was attacked, dragged into an alley and killed in the 300 block of Atlantic Street in Roseville, according to the district attorney's office.

A decades-long investigation led authorities to Moore in Los Angeles. On June 27, Moore was arrested by Los Angeles Police Department officers and FBI agents and taken to Placer County.

Moore has pleaded not guilty and is being held without bail. He is expected to appear in court on July 22.

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