BRIDGEVILLE, DE – A Bridgeville man has been charged with the murder of his wife after being extradited this week from Pennsylvania.
Robert Franks, 53, was charged with murdering his wife, Cynthia Moss-Franks, in February. Robert Franks had been waiting in Pennsylvania for extradition to Delaware.
Detectives from the Delaware State Police Homicide Unit began investigating the murder of Cynthia Moss-Franks on February 17, 2023, at her Bridgeville residence on Champions Drive.
In the course of investigation, detectives identified her husband as the suspect. On February 19, a warrant was issued for Franks’ arrest on Murder First Degree charges. The Philadelphia Police Department and Pennsylvania State Police Troop K assisted detectives in capturing Franks on February 20 in the 2400 block of Dickinson Street.
Franks was transported from Philadelphia to Troop 2 by state detectives from the Department of Justice Extradition Unit on March 9, 2023. After arraignment by Justice of the Peace Court 2, Franks was committed to Howard R. Young Correctional Institution in cash bond for $5,000,000.