Justice has been finally served!
According to a report on Daily Mail Online, the now 72-year old WWE wrestling legend Jimmy Snuka, best known as the "Superfly", was arrested last Tuesday and was arraigned on third-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter charges following the mysterious death of his girlfriend (Nancy Argentino) in May 1983 in a motel. According to the station that was responsible for apprehending Snuka, he is now in the Allentown county jail on $100,000 bail.
In a news on The Morning Call, in a presentment last July 17, recommending he be charged with homicide, the grand jury wrote: "His assaultive acts and his failure to act to obtain medical attention resulted in her (Argentino) death."
Judge Maria L. Dantos and Lehigh County District Attorney Jim Martin supervised the grand jury and approved the charges. Third-degree murder, which means a killing with malice, carries a maximum sentence of twenty to forty years in prison. Attorney Jim Martin said 'the case didn't warrant a first-degree murder charge, which applies to a killing that is both willful and premeditated'.
In a number of homicide cases, defendants aren't actually allowed to bail. Martin said in an article on The Morning Call 'he and Dantos made an exception in Snuka's case because he's not facing a life sentence, he is not considered a flight risk because he surrendered his passport, and because of his life-threatening illness'. Martin also said "I do not want to burden the taxpayers of Lehigh County with medical expenses, which would be extremely high and would have to be borne by them if he remained in Lehigh County Jail".
The decision to charge Snuka just came after the grand jury listened to the testimony and statements from twenty credible people who testified against Snuka's innocence and from the testimony of Lehigh County Detective Gerald Procanyn who investigated the case along with a Whitehall police detective and who was even present during the time when Nancy Argentino was hurried to a hospital.
As cited from the Daily Mail Online, the WWE released a statement that reads "WWE expresses its continued sympathy to the Argentino family for their loss. Ultimately this legal matter will be decided by our judicial system."
