A Huntington Beach man suspected of killing his wife more than 30 years ago was arrested Wednesday by Torrance police, authorities said.

Michael Clark, 57, a former Torrance resident, has been charged with the killing of Carol Jeanne Lubahn, who disappeared from the couple’s South Bay home in 1981, Torrance police Lt. Don Edmonds said.

Lubahn hasn’t been heard from since her reported disappearance, Torrance police Sgt. Jeremiah Hart said, and her body was never found. Police declined to specify what evidence links Clark to her death.

According to several missing persons databases, Clark reported waking up to find his wife missing. Her car was found outside a Redondo Beach restaurant a week later.

Lubahn, who had two children, reportedly left behind all of her belongings.

In an interview with the Daily Breeze after the case was reopened, Clark said he and his wife had argued the night before she vanished. He told the Daily Breeze that he waited three days to report her missing because he suspected she needed some time to herself.

Clark was arrested about 8:30 a.m. at his home in the 7000 block of Sagewood Drive in Huntington Beach, Hart said, and was booked at the Torrance police station.

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