Arrest made in decades-old Foster City homicide

FOSTER CITY An -year-old man was arrested Monday on suspicion of killing his estranged wife nearly years ago and dumping her body in San Francisco Bay police stated Related Articles California woman who admitting killing missing boyfriend with a skillet convicted of second-degree murder Arrests made in -year-old East Bay killing San Jose police offer for information leading to arrest of homicide suspect DNA match with son confirms identity of California homicide victim Cold situation detectives find new evidence in -year-old Alameda County killing Patrick Galvani s arrest in San Francisco comes after detectives reopened the episode Foster City police Chief Cory Call revealed in a news release On Aug a fisherman revealed -year-old Nancy Galvani s body stuffed in a sleeping bag tied to a cinder block near the San Mateo Bridge She died from asphyxiation Despite extensive efforts over the years the situation remained unsolved until latest developments allowed investigators to move forward Call stated No additional details were disclosed Patrick was booked into San Mateo County jail on a murder charge He is being held without bail according to jail records This is not the first time Patrick has been accused of being a suspect He was arrested and charged with murder after Nancy s body was determined but prosecutors dropped the charges In then-San Mateo County District Attorney Keith Sorenson described the San Francisco Examiner that prosecutors concluded they had less than a chance of winning a conviction I am not saying for a minute that he is innocent or didn t do it Sorenson notified the newspaper Shortly before she was killed Nancy applied for a restraining order against Patrick and filed for divorce the Los Angeles Times released in a profile of her daughter Alison Galvani Nancy accused her husband of punching her and holding a pillow over her face and informed others he had tried to kill her according to the newspaper Patrick opposed the divorce and mentioned in court records that Nancy was paranoid the Times shared Nancy had been diagnosed with manic depression but lithium stabilized her according to the newspaper I believe her current fears of me are related to her mental illness Patrick commented in a court declaration In a phone call monitored by Foster City police detectives Patrick reported Alison he did not kill Nancy but he called her mother s death the best thing that could have happened to her the Los Angeles Times informed Patrick also reported he would have killed Nancy for Alison s sake but someone beat him to it the newspaper shared The police chief stated the scrutiny remains ongoing and ongoing Anyone with information can contact the police department s detective bureau at - - or the tip line at - - Check back for updates