Man found guilty in 1984 slaying of Minnesota naval recruit in Florida
Thomas Garner, 61, of Jacksonville, was convicted May 6 by a 12-member jury and sentenced to life in prison for strangling U.S. Navy recruit Pamela Cahanes, 25, and dumping her body in an overgrown Seminole County lot.
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ST. PAUL Pamela Cahanes’ siblings waited 37 years for justice for their sister.
They got it earlier this month in a courtroom in Seminole County, Fla., when a jury found a 61-year-old dental hygienist guilty of first-degree murder for beating and strangling of a Stillwater-area woman in 1984.
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Trial set for man accused in 1984 slaying of Navy recruit Pamela Cahanes in Seminole County
Jury selection scheduled to begin in murder trial of Thomas Garner
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SANFORD, Fla. – Jury selection is scheduled to begin Monday in the trial of Thomas Garner, who’s accused of killing Navy recruit Pamela Cahanes in Seminole County in 1984.
Garner was arrested on first-degree murder charges in Jacksonville in 2019 after investigators used DNA to track him down.
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News 6 spoke to Cahanes’ family members from Minnesota when they found out about Garner’s arrest.
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“I guess I didn’t think this day would come,” said Eileen Bergmann, Cahanes’ older sister. “It was 1984, they didn’t have DNA in those days and (the case) went on and on.”