A man arrested in the murder of a missing 24-year-old woman was the “last person to see her alive” more than a year ago in southwest Florida, police said. On Friday, February 20, Ronald Chester Racki, 75, of Venice, was arrested on a second-degree murder charge in connection with the 2024 disappearance of Laikyn Marie West, the Venice Police Department announced in a news release. West, a Bradenton resident, was reported missing on September 16, 2024, three days after the last known sighting of her in Venice, police said. At a certain point, the investigation into her disappearance became a ho...

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