In a shocking turn of events nearly 42 years in the making, an unsolved murder case has finally seen the light of justice. On the fateful night of December 26, 1980, 25-year-old Sandra DiFelice fell victim to one of Las Vegas' most brutal homicides, a case that remained in the annals of cold cases for over four decades. Originally hailing from Boise, Idaho, DiFelice had come to Las Vegas alongside a childhood friend and roommate, employed as a waitress at a local restaurant, Sambo's. Her life was cut tragically short in the apartment she shared with her friend, where she was found raped, beaten, stabbed, and strangled - a horrifying scene that shook the Las Vegas community to its core. The evening of the crime saw her young three-year-old daughter spending the night at her grandparents', narrowly escaping the dreadful incident. As the case went cold, it was this same daughter who, years later in 2021, would reach out to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD), prompting them to revisit her mother's unsolved case. In a renewed investigation, the LVMPD re-examined the crime scene evidence, using advanced forensic technologies to test DNA samples retrieved from under DiFelice's fingernails. This breakthrough led to the apprehension of suspect Paul Nuttall, as reported by USA Today. On October 31, 2022, LVMPD announced in a press conference the arrest of Nuttall, carried out four days earlier, connecting him to DiFelice's horrendous murder. Nuttall, it emerged, had stayed in Las Vegas since the murder, continuing to live there despite his heinous act. Prior to his arrest, Nuttall had faced three separate charges relating to drug possession, though none of his past offenses involved violent crimes, as revealed by The Las Vegas Review-Journal. CNN shed further light on the matter, stating that Nuttall was charged with "open murder", "sexual assault with the use of a deadly weapon", and "burglary while in possession of a deadly weapon". Upon Nuttall's arrest, Lieutenant Jason Johansson of the LVMPD was quoted saying, “After Paul Nuttall was taken into custody, my cold case investigators had the pleasure of making the one phone call that every cold case detective wants to make," alluding to the communication with DiFelice's daughter, finally able to share news of the breakthrough in her mother's case.