GREELEY, Colo. (AP) -- A former Colorado man has been extradited from Las Vegas and charged with first-degree murder in the 1995 disappearance of his estranged wife.
Forty-four-year-old John Sandoval was returned to Colorado and booked into the Weld County jail Monday. He was in court Tuesday to hear the charge against him in the disappearance of Kristina Tournai Sandoval, who was reported missing on Oct. 19, 1995.
Her body hasn't been found.
Authorities say Kristina Sandoval was to meet with her husband on the day she disappeared.
Greeley police have worked on the case since 1995. Weld County District Attorney Ken Buck has said the passage of time has weakened the likely defense that Kristina Sandoval just left.
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