3/28/14 - Saturday will be the 31st anniversary of the discovery of a missing girl's body near Cohoctah, and local investigators are still working to bring her murderer to justice. Christina Castiglione, then 19 years old, was found dead in 1983 near the intersection of Fisher and Fawcett Roads. The case remains unsolved and no arrests were ever made. However, the Livingston County Sheriff's Cold Case Team Homicide Unit is still striving to find the killer. Deputy Ed Moore says the team has recently been reviewing old interviews, conducting new interviews with the same people, and finding new people to question in the case. Moore says his cold case team has been working with similar teams in Oakland, Washtenaw, and Farmington Hills to compare unsolved cases and see if there are any common factors. He says the team has not been able to generate a positive person of interest, but the expanding interviews have allowed them to eliminate some possible suspects. A billboard on I-96 asks residents with information on local cold case homicides, including Castiglione's case, to call CrimeStoppers at 1-800-SPEAK-UP. Moore says a reward may be available for information leading to a conviction. Early in the investigation, police suspected Ron Latilla, but they never had enough evidence to make an arrest. Latilla was the one who found Castiglione's body, and while he claimed to be hunting and fishing in the area, he had neither a fishing rod nor rifle on his person. A DNA test confirmed that material found on Castiglione's body did not match Latilla, but police remained suspicious of his story. Latilla's brother owned property near the place where Castiglione was last seen alive. (TD)
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