Arrest Made in 2013 Murder of Huntington Station Woman: Police

The person responsible for the 2013 murder of 23-year-old Huntington Station woman Sarah Strobel was arrested Tuesday, police say.

Fernando Romualdo, 28, of Huntington Station, was charged with second-degree murder. Romualdo, who is already incarcerated in upstate New York for an unrelated charge, was brought back to Suffolk County to be arrested for this crime, police say.

Romualdo has been arraigned and is being held without bail at the Suffolk County Correctional Facility in Riverhead.

The body of Strobel, a 2008 graduate of Whitman High School, was found in the woods at the Froehlich Nature Preserve on West Rogues Path in Huntington in Oct. 2013. Her body was reportedly found about 300 feet into the woods by a passerby.

Longtime friend Rebecca J. Stander said in 2013 that Strobel had studied to be a massage therapist and was "very holistic, very spiritual" but was estranged from her family because of her drug use. "

"No one supported her," Stander said.  

Friends of Strobel said she spoke of entering the world of prostitution to pay for her heroin addiction, according to Pix 11. The publication reported Strobel’s body was discovered in the woods in a “partially clothed manner.”

More on Strobel’s death:

• UPDATE: Police ID Woman Found Dead in Nature Preserve
• S. Huntington District Mourns Woman Found Dead
• Friends Gather to Mourn Sarah Strobel