Southern California man arrested in 41-year-old cold case murder

Southern California man arrested in 41-year-old cold case murder

A Southern California man was arrested in connection with a cold case murder that occurred 41 years ago. Michael Larry Manatt, 70, of Huntington Beach, was taken into custody on Friday by police.  He is accused of murdering Ronald Gaskey, who was found dead in his Newport Beach home on Dec. 13, 1983. Gasket, who was 35 years old at the time, was a construction worker who lived on the 400 block of Lugonia Street. His ex-girlfriend was asked to ch…

After 41 years, arrest made in Newport Beach cold case

Almost exactly 41 years after Ronald Gaskey was bludgeoned to death in his Newport Beach home, police arrested a Huntington Beach man on suspicion of his murder. Michael Larry Manatt, now 70 years old, was arrested Friday, Dec. 6 and is being held on $1 million bail in the Dec. 13, 1983 death of Gaskey according to a press release from the Newport Beach Police Department. “In 1983, NBPD detectives completed many interviews and collected evidence…

Suspect Arrested in 1983 Newport Beach Killing

A 70-year-old Huntington Beach man suspected of killing a 35-year-old man in Newport Beach in 1983 was arrested Friday. Michael Larry Manatt is accused in the Dec. 13, 1983, fatal attack on Ronald Gaskey, police said. According to a report in the Daily Pilot in 1983, Gaskey was clubbed on the head and face. The construction worker lived alone and was found the next morning by a former girlfriend who was asked by the victim’s friends to check on …

Newport Beach murder suspect arrested after more than 40 years

Ronald Gaskey was murdered in his apartment on Dec. 13, 1983. Newport Beach Police arrested Michael Larry Manatt on suspicion of Gaskey's murder on Friday.