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Tech CEO arrested in 1992 Mountain View cold case
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - Advances in forensic science technology led to the arrest last weekend of a Bay Area executive suspected of strangling a woman to death 30 years ago in Mountain View, authorities said.John Kevin Woodward, 58, president and chief executive officer of ReadyTech, was taken into custody Saturday at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York as he was arriving from Amsterdam, according to the Santa Clara County Office of the District Attorney.On Monday, he waived extradition and is expected to be escorted to the Bay Area by Mountain View detectives by the end of the month, a district attorney spokesperson said.Woodward, suspected in the 1992 death of 25-year-old Laurie Houts, will be arraigned when he arrives, District Attorney Jeff Rosen said in a news release.