By James Caldwell, PWTorch assistant editor

Former WWF star Jimmy Snuka was arrested and charged with the death of his 1983 girlfriend, Nancy Argentino, on Tuesday, reports The Morning Call publication.

Snuka was arrested at his home in New Jersey on Tuesday morning, then arraigned in Pennsylvania at the Lehigh County Central Booking Center.

Snuka is currently jailed on $100,000 bail. A preliminary hearing is set for September 21, according to court records.

Snuka was charged with third-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter after a Pennsylvania grand jury reviewed the cold case and submitted their findings for a judge to review.

This followed Lehigh County D.A. Jim Martin re-opening the case in 2014 after new information was discovered from a records search. Included was documentation by pathologist Isidore Mihalakis recommending that Argentino's death be investigated as a homicide.

Martin held a press conference on Tuesday afternoon announcing some of the grand jury's findings. Included was the determination that Snuka repeatedly assaulted Argentino and did not get her to a hospital following a domestic incident wrapped around WWF TV tapings in Pennsylvania.

Martin said that Snuka was required to appear before the grand jury during their investigation, but he did not testify. Also challenging for the grand jury was that many of the wrestlers who were witnesses or potential witnesses have died since the events in 1983.

Snuka, who is recovering from stomach surgery, has made arrangements to post bail, according to Martin, but he must give up his passport.

In 1985, the Argentino family won a $500,000 wrongful death case against Snuka, but Snuka never paid because he claimed he was broke.

Morning Call reporter Manuel Gamiz noted that he reached the family by phone on Tuesday. Argentino's sister, Louise Argentino-Upham, said it's a relief, especially since her mother turns 90 this year. "I think that it's been a long road," Argentino-Upham said. "They did the right thing in face of all the evidence."

Also, WWE issued a statement on Tuesday: "WWE expresses its continued sympathy to the Argentino family for their loss. Ultimately this legal matter will be decided by our judicial system."

[ READ MORE: Background on the cold case findings in 2013, including Timeline of Events in the early 1980s ]

[ BOOK RECOMMENDATION: Irv Muchnick's in-depth report on the subject, "Justice Denied," HERE ]

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