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 This list features famous athletes who have been convicted of homicide or related crimes, whether it be murder, involuntary manslaughter, negligent homicide, or conspiracy to commit murder. Both professional and amateur athletes have been included, although amateurs on this list must have competed in the Olympics or some other equal level of competition.Who are some sports stars convicted of murder? Bertil Fox and Craig MacTavish are just two notable individuals in the sports world who are on this list. While Fox was, in fact, convicted of murder, MacTavish's charge was manslaughter.If there are any athletes convicted of murder missing here, please feel free to let us know in the comments. For whatever reason, jocks have a knack for getting themselves into trouble with the law – but these homicidal athletes are the most extreme cases. 

 ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Former professional wrestling star Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka was charged Tuesday with third-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter in the death of his mistress more than three decades ago. 
 
 Prosecutors in Lehigh County announced the results of a grand jury investigation into the death of Nancy Argentino, 23, of New York. 
 
 Snuka, who had been at a World Wrestling Federation taping at the Allentown Fairgrounds, told police shortly after Argentino's death that he had returned to the couple's Whitehall Township hotel room to find her unresponsive in bed. She was pronounced dead at a hospital several hours later. 
 
 An autopsy determined she died of traumatic brain injuries and had more than three dozen cuts and bruises, and concluded her injuries were consistent with being hit with a stationary object. At the time, forensic pathologist Isidore Mihalakis wrote that the case should be investigated as a homicide until proven otherwise, according to a grand jury report released Tuesday. But the investigation went cold. 
 
 A June 2013 investigation by The Morning Call of Allentown raised questions about the case. Lehigh County District Attorney Jim Martin told the paper last year that Argentino's sisters approached him after the story ran, prompting him to give the case another look. 
 
 The grand jury's report said Snuka had provided more than a half-dozen shifting accounts of Argentino's injuries, at first telling paramedics he hit her during an argument outside their hotel room and that she struck her head on concrete, then claiming to police she slipped and fell during a bathroom break on their way to the hotel. 
 
 The grand jury also said it heard evidence that Snuka beat Argentino in a hotel room in Syracuse, New York, in January 1983 — four months before her death — and repeatedly assaulted his wife, Sharon, in the fall of 1993. 
 
 Snuka, now 72 and living in Waterford Township, N.J., has long maintained his innocence, saying the episode had ruined his life. 
 
 "Many terrible things have been written about me hurting Nancy and being responsible for her death, but they are not true," he wrote in his 2012 autobiography. "This has been very hard on me and very hard on my family. To this day, I get nasty notes and threats. It hurts. I never hit Nancy or threatened her." 
 
 Argentino's sister, Louise Argentino-Upham, told The Morning Call that the charges came as a relief, especially the prospect that her mother, who turns 90 this year, may see justice in the case. 
 
 "I think that it's been a long road," Argentino-Upham said. "They did the right thing in face of all the evidence." 
 
 Nicknamed "Superfly," the Fiji native was known for diving from the ropes and even the top of steel cages in a career that spanned four decades. He was admitted into the World Wrestling Entertainment Hall of Fame in 1996, according to the organization's website. 
 
 "WWE expresses its continued sympathy to the Argentino family for their loss," the organization said in a statement Tuesday. "Ultimately this legal matter will be decided by our judicial system." 
 
 Snuka was arraigned Tuesday afternoon and sent to Lehigh County Jail, but he was expected to post a portion of his $100,000 bail. 
 
 Argentino's family won a wrongful death lawsuit against Snuka in 1985. 

 The autopsy also determined her injuries were consistent with being hit with a stationary object about 12 to 24 hours before she died. The forensic pathologist at the time, Isidore Mihalakis, said a delay in getting her medical help affected the ability of the emergency room staff to save her life. 
 
 An autopsy determined she died of traumatic brain injuries and had suffered 39 cuts and bruises — a possible sign of "mate abuse" — on her head, ear, chin, arms, hands, back, buttocks, legs and feet. 
 
 Paramedics arrived at the motel — now the site of Home Depot along MacArthur Road and Route 22 — and found Snuka, a police officer and two wrestlers there, according to court records. Argentino was unconscious, barely breathing and her dilated pupils and rapid heart rate indicated she had a head injury and was likely in shock, court records say. 
 
 On May 10, 1983, Snuka was at a taping of a then-World Wrestling Federation event at the Allentown Fairgrounds. He returned to the George Washington Motor Lodge motel room to find Argentino, gasping for air and oozing yellow fluid from her mouth and nose, court records say. 
 
 Argentino had regularly traveled with Snuka on the burgeoning pro wrestling circuit, while he had a wife and four children in North Carolina. 
 
 "Knowing him as well as I should, it wouldn't matter what Jimmy Snuka's profession or employment was or anybody else for that matter," Martin said. 
 
 Martin, who was an assistant prosecutor at the time of the initial investigation but not involved in the case, defended William H. Platt, then the Lehigh County district attorney and now a senior judge with the state Superior Court. 
 
 "The grand jury and the evidence we were able to produce before the grand jury made the difference in what has happened today compared to what happened 32 years ago." 
 
 WWE issued a statement to PWInsider.com, saying the entertainment company "expresses its continued sympathy to the Argentino family for their loss. Ultimately this legal matter will be decided by our judicial system." 
 
 "I think that it's been a long road," Argentino-Upham said. "They did the right thing in the face of all the evidence." 
 
 Reached Tuesday by phone, Argentino's sister, Louise Argentino-Upham, said it's a relief that Snuka has been charged, especially since her mother turns 90 this year and may be able to see justice served. 
 
 The review also looked into Snuka's history of domestic violence against Argentino and a former wife. 
 
 The grand jury reviewed police reports, medical and autopsy evidence and the statements Snuka made in media interviews and in his 2012 autobiography about what happened to Argentino. In the book, Snuka wrote how his personal life began "getting a little crazy" in 1983 because of his frequent use of alcohol, steroids and cocaine. 
 
 Snuka was subpoenaed to testify before the grand jury, Martin said. He appeared with his lawyer, but didn't testify. 
 
 The decision to charge Snuka came after the grand jury listened to testimony and statements from 20 witnesses and Lehigh County Detective Gerald Procanyn, who investigated the case in 1983 as a Whitehall police detective and was there when Argentino was hurried to the hospital. 
 
 "I do not want to burden the taxpayers of Lehigh County with medical expenses, which would be extremely high and would have to be borne by them if he remained in Lehigh County Jail," Martin said. 
 
 In most homicide cases, defendants are not allowed bail. Martin said because Snuka is not facing a life sentence, is not considered a flight risk, has surrendered his passport and because of his life-threatening illness, bail was allowed. 
 
 Thirty years ago, Nancy Argentino was fatally injured and rushed from the wrestling superstar's hotel room in Whitehall. No charges were filed. 
 
 Martin and Judge Maria L. Dantos, who supervised the grand jury, approved the charges. Third-degree murder means a killing with malice. It carries a maximum sentence of 20 to 40 years in prison. Martin said the case didn't warrant a first-degree murder charge, which applies to a killing that is both willful and premeditated. 
 
 Snuka, who lives in Camden County, N.J., and is recovering from stomach cancer surgery, surrendered to Lehigh County authorities in Allentown and was arraigned by District Judge Robert Halal. He was sent to the county jail under $100,000 bail, which he later posted. 
 
 It is the coldest case Martin has ever taken before a grand jury, and also the oldest one to result in charges in Lehigh County. 
 
 Former Morning Call reporter Adam Clark speaks to The Today Show about the charges filed Tuesday against professional wrestling legend Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka. NBC's Gabe Gutierrez reports for TODAY. 
 
 Lehigh County District Attorney Jim Martin announced the charges at a news conference two years after the case was reopened. The grand jury probe was prompted by a 2013 Morning Call investigation that raised questions about the Argentino case 30 years after her death. The Morning Call story revealed a never-before-seen autopsy report that labeled the case a homicide. 
 
 "His assaultive acts and his failure to act to obtain medical attention resulted in her death," the grand jury wrote in a presentment July 17, recommending he be charged with homicide. 
 
 On Tuesday, Snuka, 72, was charged with third-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter after a Lehigh County grand jury determined he repeatedly assaulted Argentino in May 1983 in the motel and then left her in bed to die. 
 
 "Superfly: The Jimmy Snuka Story" was meant to highlight his Hall of Fame career, but Lehigh County authorities say it also helped crack a 32-year-old mystery — the death of Snuka's 23-year-old girlfriend, Nancy Argentino, after she was found unconscious in a Whitehall Township motel. 
 
 In his 2012 autobiography, WWE legend Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka described himself as a free spirit who jumped off island cliffs in Fiji and Hawaii, and later off turnbuckles as one of pro wrestling's biggest names in the 1980s. 
 
 In the autopsy report, Mihalakis wrote the case should be investigated as a homicide until proved otherwise. Lehigh County Coroner Scott Grim reviewed the autopsy findings for the grand jury and agreed the case should be ruled a homicide. 
 
 Besides the medical evidence, one of the biggest factors for the charges, Martin said, was Snuka's inconsistent statements. 
 
 Snuka originally told at least five people, including the responding police officer, he shoved Argentino earlier that day, causing her to fall and hit her head. He later told police those five people misunderstood him, and said Argentino slipped and hit her head when they stopped along the highway to urinate. 
 
 After Argentino died, though, Snuka spoke to a hospital chaplain and to Procanyn, giving both men different accounts of how she died. 
 
 "We believe it is important to note that James Snuka changed the location of the injuries in his discussion with the chaplain to happening on the highway traveling to [the George Washington Motor Lodge], but still admitted that she sustained her injury after he shoved her and she fell backward, hitting her head on the concrete," the grand jury wrote in the presentment. 
 
 He told the chaplain that Argentino told him she had a headache when they got to the motel and wanted to go to bed. He went to a diner and got them food, even though Argentino said she wasn't hungry. 
 
 "Snuka stated the victim passed out in the room and hit her head on the side of the chair or bed. He kept checking on her, and she was breathing OK," according to the presentment. 
 
 The wrestler said he left for work in the afternoon, came back, then left again to tape a television show. 
 
 "When he came back around 9 p.m., yellow stuff was coming out of her nose and mouth. He knew something was obviously wrong and called for help from [an] ambulance." 
 
 The presentment says Snuka gave seven versions of Argentino's death that night and morning, and the grand jury learned of "several additional versions and explanations" in the years since, from Snuka's autobiography and from two radio show podcasts. 
 
 "The grand jury believes it is important to note how James Snuka related in his autobiography the state of his behavior that '… in 1983, my personal life started getting a little crazy' especially in his frequent use of alcohol, steroids and cocaine." 
 
 In the book, Snuka also discussed his arrest on charges of assaulting Argentino on Jan. 18, 1983, in a hotel near Syracuse, N.Y. — four months before Argentino's death. Snuka's account differed from the official police account. 
 
 That day, two police deputies arrived and "observed the muscular James Snuka forcibly dragging the naked Ms. Argentino down the hallway by her hair as she was draped in a blanket and was shouting that she wanted to get away from Snuka." 
 
 Snuka was charged with assault, resisting arrest and obstruction, but later pleaded guilty to reduced charges and paid a fine that was donated to charity. Argentino was treated at a hospital for injuries to her head, back and scalp. 
 
 The grand jury also heard testimony from Snuka's former wife, Sharon Reiher Snuka, who is now remarried. She told the panel about "a series of beatings" she sustained during arguments with her husband in the fall of 1983 that resulted in her being hospitalized. 
 
 Snuka was the only person of interest in Argentino's death but was never charged. 
 
 The original Whitehall police investigation went cold June 1, 1983, after a follow-up interview with Snuka that was ordered by Lehigh Valley authorities and attended by WWF mogul Vince McMahon. The WWF has since been renamed WWE, or World Wrestling Entertainment. 
 
 In 1985, the Argentino family won a $500,000 wrongful death case against Snuka by default, but Snuka never paid because he claimed he was broke and couldn't afford a legal defense. 
 
 In his autobiography, Snuka maintained his innocence and said Argentino's death ruined his life. 
 
 "Many terrible things have been written about me hurting Nancy and being responsible for her death, but they are not true," he wrote. "This has been very hard on me and very hard on my family. To this day, I get nasty notes and threats. It hurts. I never hit Nancy or threatened her." 
 
 An investigative journalist and author who penned a 2007 book about Snuka and the death of Argentino said Tuesday he was gratified to hear of an arrest in the case. 
 
 Even before the Internet, the story of Argentino's death was circulated among underground wrestling newsletters, said Irvin Muchnick, who has reported on the world of professional wrestling for more than three decades. 
 
 Muchnick wrote about the discrepancies between Snuka's accounts of that night in his book, "Wrestling Babylon." On the 30th anniversary of Argentino's death, Muchnick published an eBook that donates proceeds to a charity selected by the Argentino family. 
 
 "I'm obviously very gratified to see this result in what I'm told is the longest cold case homicide in Lehigh County," Muchnick said. "I'd say this counts as a home run for the good guys today." 
 
 While Muchnick's book highlighted inconsistencies in the death investigation, he said the 30th anniversary piece published by The Morning Call "gave this thing the momentum it needed." 
 
 Lorraine Salome, Nancy's older sister, said she was surprised to learn that Snuka was being arrested after all these years. 
 
 "We thought they were giving us lip service. Even when they brought the grand jury, we didn't have much hope. We still thought they were giving us the runaround. But the grand jury really did its job and we're grateful. The doors of justice were slammed in our face 30 years ago, but better late than never, we have a chance of getting justice." 
 
 Salome, of Manhattan, said she told her mother that Snuka was being charged. The family had been shielding her from news of the investigation because of her age and poor health. 
 
 "She was very happy," Salome said. "That poor woman has been broken. She's still so sad. She has all of Nancy's pictures and things that she keeps around her." 
 
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 Reporter Pamela Lehman contributed to this story.
– A Hall of Fame wrestler was arrested today and charged with murder 32 years after his mistress was found beaten and unresponsive in a Pennsylvania hotel room, the AP reports. In 1983, Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka, one of the World Wrestling Federation's biggest stars, returned to his hotel room after an event to find 23-year-old Nancy Argentino "gasping for air and oozing yellow fluid from her mouth and nose," according to the Allentown Morning Call. Argentino died the next day, and an autopsy report, which classified the death as a homicide, stated she had brain injuries and scores of cuts and bruises all over her body. Despite Snuka being the only person of interest in the case, he was never charged. That autopsy report was never seen until it was dug up by the Morning Call as part of a 2013 story on the cold case, a story the AP reports prompted the district attorney to send the case to a grand jury last year. Between the autopsy, Snuka's multiple accounts of how Argentino was injured—including allegedly telling multiple people he pushed her—and previous allegations of abuse on his part against both Argentino and his wife, the grand jury found enough to charge the 72-year-old former wrestler with murder and involuntary manslaughter. "It's been a long road," Argentino's sister tells the Morning Call. "They did the right thing in the face of all the evidence." In his 2012 autobiography, Snuka, who was reportedly diagnosed with stomach cancer this month, says Argentino's death ruined his life. (Click for a list of athletes convicted of homicide.)