A man, who was once the prime suspect in his wife’s disappearance in Charleston more than a decade ago, has been arrested in connection with a cold case killing roughly 800 miles away.
Authorities say they took 54-year-old Robert McCaffrey into custody Friday in Manteo, N.C. where he now resides. They say they’re holding him for extradition to New Jersey where he’s wanted for the murder of Lisa Marie McBride in June of 1990.
According to reporting by the New Jersey Herald, 27-year-old McBride disappeared from her Sussex County home in the middle of the night. She was missing for months before hunters found her remains and her death was ruled a homicide. McBride's remains were later exhumed so authorities could collect DNA.
Now McCaffrey not only faces a first-degree murder charge in connection with McBride’s death but kidnapping and burglary charges as well.
McCaffrey's arrest comes three years after he was released from prison in South Carolina for obstructing justice in the 2012 disappearance of his wife, Gayle.
McCaffrey reported Gayle missing, saying he’d returned home following a fight and found a farewell letter. Only, police later determined the letter was fake.
Despite numerous searches, Gayle McCaffrey was never found. She was declared dead in 2018.
