
Inset: Charlotte Lester (Warwick Police Department); Background: Mark Perkins, center, appears in court (WJAR/YouTube).
More than two years after a Rhode Island woman went missing, her remains were found and the man suspected of her murder was finally arrested.
Mark Perkins, 64, was taken into custody on Wednesday after his vehicle’s GPS data was connected to the location of 44-year-old Charlotte Lester’s skeletal remains, which were found on Nov. 17 and identified through dental records. According to the Warwick Police Department, Perkins had been on their radar from the beginning but they lacked the evidence needed to make an arrest.