Florida man charged in 1986 slaying

DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla. | More than 20 years after a pregnant woman was found strangled on a roadway, a high school classmate who served time for killing another woman has been charged with her murder.

Gary Troutman was ordered held without bail in connection with the March 1986 death of Angela Savage, the Broward County sheriff’s office said.

Savage, 24, was last seen buying cigarettes at a neighborhood store with her infant son in tow. Witnesses said they saw a man approach her as she walked home. The infant was found safe the next morning on the porch of a family friend’s home, and Savage’s body was found sprawled on a road.

The sheriff’s office said Thursday that DNA samples taken from Troutman linked him to Savage. Officials also said that Savage had been raped, which her brother, Wayne Adams, said he learned only upon Troutman’s arrest.

Troutman, 45, recently served nine years in prison for the murder of a pregnant teen in February 1986 — six weeks before Savage was killed.

Troutman went to Deerfield Beach High School with Savage, his relatives said.