The Napa Murder of Anita Fagiani

The true crime story of a murder in a California town and the decades long search to find the killer.

In 1974, the brutal murder of Anita Fagiani Andrews, a fifty-one-year-old former beauty queen and mother of two, shook the small working-class town of Napa. Detectives, criminalists and forensic experts raced to identify who'd struck Anita down in her own bar, but despite their efforts, the case went cold. Decades passed, during which the town grew into a world-renowned wine region and tourist destination, but the case remained an open question. After thirty-seven years, thanks to DNA evidence, the killer—imprisoned for a different murder—was finally found and brought to justice.

In The Napa Murder of Anita Fagiani, retired judge Raymond A. Guadagni tells the true story of the shocking murder, the investigation and the subsequent trial over which he presided in 2011.