A man has been arrested in Idaho over the murder of a teenage girl whose body was found in a river 24 years ago. Regina Krieger, 15, went missing from her home on February 28, 1995, just two days before her 15th birthday. Her body was found on the banks of the Snake River on April 15 of that year and she had suffered horrific injuries. Gilberto Flores Rodriguez (left) was arrested in connection with the death of Regina Krieger, (right) went missing from her home in 1995, just two days before her 15th birthday Gilberto Flores Rodriguez, 56, from Burley, was arrested on a charge of first-degree murder, Cassia County Sheriff’s Office said on a statement on Wednesday. Rodriguez, who was once a suspect in the case, is being held without bond at the Mini-Cassia Criminal Justice Center. Krieger disappeared from the basement of her father’s Burley home on February 28, 1995, just days before her 15th birthday. A large amount of blood was discovered in the basement, but Krieger could not be located. However on April 15 of the same year, horseback riders found her decomposed body in a portion of the Snake River where the water had receded near the Montgomery Bridge east of Rupert. Krieger’s throat had been slashed and she had been stabbed in the heart. An autopsy showed her body had been in the river for at least 30 days. She is buried in Pleasant View Cemetery in Burley. Krieger disappeared from the basement of her father’s Burley home, where a large amount of blood was found Regina Krieger’s throat had been slashed and she had been stabbed in the heart. An autopsy showed her body had been in the river for at least 30 days 'I knew we were getting closer and I was fully aware that it was going to happen,' Regina’s mother, Rhonda Hunnel, told the Idado Statesman on Wednesday that she had waited a long time in her search for answers on the case. She said: 'I knew we were getting closer and I was fully aware that it was going to happen. 'My excitement level is very high. I couldn’t be more pleased.' 'I'm feeling a little tingly still. When I first got the news, I got a phone call five minutes after he was arrested. Every hair on my head stood up on my arms. She added: 'Twenty-four years has been a long time for me to be searching anything pertaining to this case, so we could get to this point where there’s an actual arrest.' Gilberto Flores Rodriguez, (pictured) was arrested on a charge of first-degree murder, Cassia County Sheriff’s Office said on a statement on Wednesday Hunnel now lives in Las Vegas and said she is hopeful that all that the perpetrator will be held to account. There were rumors that her father, Daniel Krieger, was a potential suspect, according to local newspaper reports at the time. 'I love my kids ... I’d give my life for my kids. I built the basement bedroom for Gina because I wanted her to be comfortable and have a home ... I really miss her bad,' he told the Statesman in June 1995. Clifton Krieger, Regina's brother, said he remembered the day Regina went missing very clearly, adding: 'There was a lot of blood.' 'A lot of people say you don't know what you have until it's gone,' said Clifton, Regina's brother. 'That was the situation for me.' '(It) was three days after my birthday... I just turned 13,' he said, referring to when the incident happened. Krieger’s death is a well-known Idaho cold case that has remained a mystery. Pictured in the house from where she disappeared in 1995 She disappeared from the basement of her father’s Burley home on February 28, 1995. Her father had built her a bedroom in the basement as she wanted more space 'I had to go call everybody. Call the cops, call my mom, call my grandparents. My dad, he was out. just couldn't do anything, he was just in shock,' he recalled. It was reported that police made mistakes in their handling of the case, former Cassia County Sheriff Randy Kidd said in 2015. Investigators did not consider Krieger’s death a murder at first, but instead believed that she ran away or committed suicide. Clifton said he heard gossip about what may have happened to his sister. 'Everyone talks in a small town,' he said. He said the people Regina had become involved with were drug dealers who were using children to deliver drugs. Rodriguez’s criminal history dates back to the 1990s in Cassia County, where he faced several drugs charges. In 2015 he pleaded guilty to misdemeanor providing false information to an officer. In 1996 he was charged in separate incidents with misdemeanor unlawful carrying a concealed weapon and misdemeanor battery. And he had a conviction for misdemeanor driving under the influence in 1994. Various other charges have been dismissed or pleaded down, according to online court records. All rights reserved for this news site dailymail and under his responsibility