68-year-old arrested on 1990 abduction charges

Published May 20, 2009 4:00am ET



A 68-year-old man was arrested in Las Vegas on charges of twice abducting his estranged wife in Fairfax County nearly 20 years ago.

Bruce Webster, of Las Vegas, was charged with two counts of abduction and one count of use of a firearm in the commission of a felony.

Webster’s wife was found dead in her home in February 1991, a month after Bruce Webster disappeared after he failed to show up for court on abduction charges.

Fairfax County Police Cold Case Squad detectives reopened her murder case and learned about the 1990 abductions. Detectives found Webster in Nevada and arrested him Thursday. He is awaiting extradition.