OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss. (WLOX) - On Monday, officials confirmed an Ocean Springs man is in custody for a 16-year-old murder case out of Worcester, Massachusetts.

According to officials with the Ocean Springs Police Department, 64-year-old Albert Carabba is accused of murdering his ex-girlfriend Patricia Santos, who was 36 at the time of her death. She was first reported missing on May 20, 2009.

Carabba’s arrest comes as the result of cold case investigators in Worcester reopening the investigation of Santos’ death. Carabba was indicted by a grand jury on September 23, and detectives with the Massachusetts agency made their way to Ocean Springs to join local police in taking him into custody on Friday, October 10.

“For the last 16 years, the Worcester Police Department has not forgotten Pat

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