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Providence bus driver charged in New York City cold case

August 29, 2016 12:00 am • Last Updated: August 29, 2016 10:06 pm

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A Rhode Island school bus driver has been charged in connection with a 1990 cold case murder in New York City.

Authorities say 48-year-old Zunilda Rosario was taken into custody Thursday after she landed at JFK International Airport following a trip to the Dominican Republic.

The Providence woman has been accused of killing her then-boyfriend, 19-year-old Juan Deleon, in February 1990. Deleon was found fatally shot in his Harlem apartment.

Rosario was arrested following the new testimony of a reported eye witness.

Jen Biddinger, a spokeswoman for First Student, says Rosario has been driving for the company since 2000 and she passed a background check.

Rosario's family declined to comment.

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