Crime & Justice

Suspect Nabbed 37 Years After Teen Vanished From California Bus Depot

BREAKTHROUGH

Raymond Lewis Stafford was arrested in Texas this week and booked on charges of murder with special circumstances.

Isabella Ramirez
Isabella Ramirez 

Breaking News Intern

A mugshot of Raymond Lewis Stafford next to a picture of 15-year-old Susan Robin Bender. Stafford was arrested Tuesday more than three decades after Bender vanished in California.
Van Zandt County Jail/Modesto Police Department
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Isabella Ramirez

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