Cindy Wanner
Coverage of Cindy Wanner in the Nexus archive.
- DNA cracks 35-year cold case mystery as accused killer’s new name melts under cops’ heat
California authorities arrested James Lawhead Jr. in a 35-year-old cold case involving the 1991 murder of Cindy Wanner, who was found strangled in a remote area after disappearing with her 11-month-old child. Lawhead, who had prior sex crime convictions, was living under an alias in Arizona, while his sister Terry Lawhead Steele was also arrested for aiding him.
- Man arrested in ‘one of most heinous, notorious cold cases’ more than 30 years after mother’s murder
James Lawhead, 64, was arrested in connection with the 1991 murder of Cindy Wanner, a 35-year-old woman who vanished from her sister's home in Granite Bay, California. Her body was found three weeks later in a secluded wooded area, and DNA analysis led to his arrest over 30 years after the crime.
- Arrest made in 34-year-old California murder cold case following DNA 'breakthrough'
A 34-year-old murder cold case in California has led to the arrest of James Lawhead Jr. for the 1991 kidnapping and murder of Cindy Wanner. The breakthrough came from DNA analysis, with Lawhead apprehended in Arizona after the Placer County Sheriff’s Office Cold Case Unit's investigation.