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HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) — A 70-year-old man has been
arrested on suspicion of bludgeoning a man to death in a
Southern California home more than four decades ago, authorities
said.
Ronald Gaskey's body was found inside his Newport Beach
residence in December 1983, but investigators were unable to
solve the murder and the case went cold.
The Newport Beach Police Department said in a statement that the
case had been reopened in recent years and that investigators
identified a Huntington Beach man as the suspect. He was
arrested Friday and held on $1 million bail.
Information regarding a motive or what led detectives to the
suspect were not immediately available.
Gaskey, a 36-year-old construction worker, was found dead by a
former girlfriend after he didn't show up for work. He had been
clubbed in the head and face with a blunt object, the Orange
County Register reported Friday, citing a 1983 article by the
Daily Pilot.
The 1983 article noted that Gaskey was described as “a highly
security-conscience person” who had made efforts to fortify his
home. Neighbors said it would have been out of character for him
to leave his door unlocked, which is how it was found.
Police at the time ruled out robbery as a motive and said the
house had not been ransacked.
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