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3 arrests in murder of missing Palm Springs man

Reported by: Paige Kornblue
Email: pkornblue@wptv.com
Photographer: Chad Cromwell
Reported by: WPTV staff
Last Update: 1/07 2:45 pm
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Pedro Santiagovega
Pedro Santiagovega
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PALM SPRINGS, FL -- A body recovered at the 4900 block of Lantana Road is a man who went missing from Palm Springs in August 2008.

Two suspects have confessed to detectives of their crime. A third suspect was also arrested.

All three have been booked into the Palm Beach County Jail pending a first appearance.

Pedro Luis Santiagovega, 40, of Lake Worth has been charged with the murder of the unidentified victim.  

Freddy Silvagnoli, 44, of Lake Worth has been charged as an accessory because he admitted to helping dispose of the body.

Sheriff's deputies say Jose Ramirez, 28, of Greenacres was also arrested in connection with the case.

The body was found on Nash Trail near Haverhill.

Investigators say they were alerted to the area and suspects by an anonymous tipster.

The name of the victim is not yet released until the Medical Examiner's Office can make a positive identification on him.



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