Escaped Killer Wanted Since 1974 Caught in Fla.
A doo-wop singer was arrested in Florida and accused of escaping from a New Jersey prison in 1974 while serving a sentence for killing his girlfriend’s 2-year-old son.
Authorities said Elmer Edward Solly, 55, used a succession of false names, posing most recently as “Danny C. Catalano” and living in St. Petersburg, Fla.
He promoted his career as Danny C., “The Bad Boy,” claiming to be “the most controversial member” of the group Sha Na Na.
Sha Na Na marketing director Peter Erlendson said neither Catalano nor Solly ever was a member of the group.
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