Four decades after 16-year-old Theresa Fusco was raped and murdered on Long Island, her alleged killer is in police custody.

Richard Bilodeau, 63, of Center Moriches, was indicted on second-degree murder and related charges in Nassau County Court on Wednesday, Oct. 15, after a DNA match linked him to the case, prosecutors alleged.

Fusco was last seen Nov. 10, 1984, leaving her job at the Hot Skates roller rink in Lynbrook. Her body was found nearly a month later in a nearby wooded area. Investigators determined she had been raped and strangled.

Three men were convicted of Fusco’s killing in 1986, but their cases were later overturned after DNA evidence cleared them. Two were dismissed outright, while the third was acquitted at retrial.

Investigators began monitoring Bilodeau in 2024 af

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