Florida deputies arrest Mississippi man in 1987 cold case murder

Deputies in Florida say they have identified the man who allegedly committed a murder in 1987.The Pinellas County Sheriff's Office announced on Wed...

February 6, 2023
4:24 AM

Deputies in Florida say they have identified the man who allegedly committed a murder in 1987.The Pinellas County Sheriff's Office announced on Wednesday night that deputies arrested Michael Lapniewski, Jr., 55, for allegedly killing Opal Weil, who was 82-years-old when she was killed.Officials say that Weil was found dead on February 9, 1987, when her sister-in-law went to check on her after not answering the telephone, and say that the woman had "obvious and visible signs of trauma."The suspect fled the scene before deputies arrived to the St.

Adam Sabes