RANDOLPH, Mo. (AP) — A suspect in the 1989 murder of a Nebraska woman is jailed in Missouri.
Forty-five-year-old John R. Oldson is charged with first-degree murder in the 1989 death of Catherine Beard of Ord, Neb.
Oldson was arrested Tuesday night at his home in Randolph, Mo. He is being held in the Clay County jail awaiting extradition.
Valley County, Neb., authorities say he is suspected of killing Beard, a waitress who disappeared from Ord in 1989. Her remains were found in 1992.
Valley County Sheriff Casey Hurlburt says new evidence and witnesses led to the arrest but he did not elaborate.
Clay County authorities say Oldson lived in the Kansas City area for at least three years and was married.
Nebraska online court records don't list the name of his attorney.
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