Florida Man Could Get Death Penalty for Murdering High School Cheerleader

FoxNews ^ | 9-4-09

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A Florida jury convicted a man of murdering a 17-year-old high school cheerleader, putting her body in the trunk of a car and setting the vehicle on fire in an orange grove.

The Bartow jury deliberated for about seven hours Thursday before convicting Eric Rodriguez. The same jurors will return Tuesday to consider whether the 23-year-old Haines City man should receive the death penalty.

Investigators said Rodriguez was one of three men who confessed to luring Angelia Headrick to an apartment in January 2007, robbing her of money and a small amount of drugs, then killing her.

One accepted a plea deal sentencing him to 15 years in prison

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[swain_forkbeard]

17 and hanging out with men like these? Where is her father?

[jazusamo]

I see no down side to his execution, the sooner the better.

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At least this sort of thing doesn't happen all the time-- if it did, we'd hear about it! I haven't heard a thing.

[sport]

Acording to the Lakeland Ledger she carrying on her boyfriend's drug selling business while he was incarcerated. Evently, the other guys wanted a piece of the action. "Where was her father?" I could not tell you.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]