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Blood Found In Rodriquez' Car~~Story Dru Sjodin
Milwaukee Channel News ^ | 12/4/03

Posted on 12/05/2003 8:14:57 AM PST by WestCoastGal

Report: Video Puts Suspect At Mall Where Sjodin Worked Police Sergeant: Tape Shows Rodriguez In Lot When College Student Disappeared

POSTED: 7:04 a.m. EST December 5, 2003

UPDATED: 7:16 a.m. EST December 5, 2003

Authorities in North Dakota have tapes placing kidnapping suspect Alfonso Rodriguez in the mall parking lot from which authorities believe University of North Dakota student Dru Sjodin was abducted last month, a Minneapolis newspaper reported.

According to a report on the Minneapolis Star Tribune newspaper's Web site, Grand Forks police Sgt. Mike Hedlund said the tapes show the 50-year-old kidnapping suspect in a Grand Forks mall parking lot at the same time Sjodin, 22, disappeared Nov. 22. Hedlund said that hopes of finding Sjodin alive fade with each passing day.

The Star Tribune also reported that a knife sheath was found in the parking lot.

The St. Paul Pioneer Press, citing sources close to the investigation, reported Thursday night on its Web site that police found a blood sample in Rodriguez's car that matched Sjodin's blood type in a preliminary DNA analysis. A more extensive analysis is under way, the newspaper reported.

Another newspaper, the Grand Forks Herald, reported that Rodriguez didn't show up for work the day Sjodin went missing.

Rodriguez, a three-time convicted rapist from nearby Crookston, Minn., is being held on a $5 million bond. His attorney said on Thursday that Rodriguez wants to stay behind bars for his own safety.

The prosecutor said there's little chance he would offer to cut a deal with Rodriguez in exchange for information to help search for Sjodin.

Police say Sjodin likely was on her cell phone when she was abducted. Her boyfriend told police he heard her scream "Oh my God!" before the line went dead. In a call from Sjodin's phone a couple hours later, the boyfriend heard only static and the sound of buttons being pushed. *************************************

My comment: It's just too bad we can't torture this guy to make him say where she is!!!!


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Minnesota; US: North Dakota
KEYWORDS: alfonsorodriguez; convictedrapist; dru; drusjodin; meganslaw; rodriguez; sexoffender; sjodin
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1 posted on 12/05/2003 8:15:00 AM PST by WestCoastGal
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To: WestCoastGal
He killed her within hours of abducting her. All anyone can hope for at this point is to recover her remains.

He needs to have 10,000 volts run through him for about ten minutes before I'll be satisfied.
2 posted on 12/05/2003 8:18:32 AM PST by Bikers4Bush
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To: WestCoastGal
My comment: It's just too bad we can't torture this guy to make him say where she is!!!!

If she's dead, hopefully it happened in MN. I think that would make him eligible for a Federal death sentence, that option not being available here in the land of 10,000 leftists.
3 posted on 12/05/2003 8:20:03 AM PST by cryptical
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To: Bikers4Bush
Well the uproar here is that Gov. Pawlenty has called for the death penalty to be reintroduced here. You should hear the howling from the DFL up here...
4 posted on 12/05/2003 8:20:29 AM PST by MNlurker
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To: cryptical
Do you suppose this murder will convince ND to make a three strikes law? If they'd had it, the perp would still be in jail, and Dru would be alive.

It couldn't be any more convincing.
5 posted on 12/05/2003 8:21:43 AM PST by EggsAckley (..................."Dean's got Tom McClintock Eyes".........................)
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To: WestCoastGal
Ever watched HANNIBAL? Sardinian man-eating hogs? One can only dream...
6 posted on 12/05/2003 8:25:30 AM PST by donozark
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To: MNlurker
This is the type of case that goes a long way towards getting it re-introduced.

7 posted on 12/05/2003 8:30:45 AM PST by Bikers4Bush
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To: EggsAckley
He was jailed in MN. I'm not sure about the usefulness of three strikes laws in general. I'd guess that homicide in the commission of felonies would go up, as "two strikers" try to avoid the mandetory life sentence.

On the other hand, stranger abduction and rape with a weapon, as both of his previous convictions, should be mandetory life/no parole, or death where available.
8 posted on 12/05/2003 8:31:33 AM PST by cryptical
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To: donozark
Oh dear... yes. I found myself on the side of Hannibal Lecter, throwing the child rapist to the man eating pigs. That was a creepy movie.
9 posted on 12/05/2003 8:32:11 AM PST by cyborg (mutt-american)
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To: WestCoastGal
We need a "Dru's Law", PERIOD!!
10 posted on 12/05/2003 8:32:50 AM PST by international american
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To: cryptical
On the other hand, stranger abduction and rape with a weapon, as both of his previous convictions, should be mandetory life/no parole, or death where available

Seriously, are there people who actually, after having thought about it, defend the proposition that scum like this should not be killed?

11 posted on 12/05/2003 8:35:36 AM PST by Jim Noble
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To: cryptical
He was jailed in MN. I'm not sure about the usefulness of three strikes laws in general. I'd guess that homicide in the commission of felonies would go up, as "two strikers" try to avoid the mandatory life sentence.

No problem. Just add the death penalty when this happens, as an 'unincentive'...

12 posted on 12/05/2003 8:35:56 AM PST by null and void (The meek shall inherit the Earth. The Stars belong to the bold.)
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To: Jim Noble
Seriously, are there people who actually, after having thought about it, defend the proposition that scum like this should not be killed?

Yes there are. *sigh*

13 posted on 12/05/2003 8:36:46 AM PST by null and void (The meek shall inherit the Earth. The Stars belong to the bold.)
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To: Jackie-O
ping
14 posted on 12/05/2003 8:37:50 AM PST by null and void (The meek shall inherit the Earth. The Stars belong to the bold.)
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To: WestCoastGal
Excuse the crudeness, but it should be mandatory that freaks like him should have their nuts cut off as a condition of parole.
15 posted on 12/05/2003 8:38:55 AM PST by Glenn (What were you thinking, Al?)
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To: WestCoastGal
I suspect that if Dru was still alive, this animal would be trying to make a deal. If she's dead, he knows that there won't be any deal on the table. That's why he's keeping his mouth shut.
16 posted on 12/05/2003 8:39:27 AM PST by jackbill
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To: WestCoastGal
that scumbag
17 posted on 12/05/2003 8:40:22 AM PST by petercooper (Proud VRWC Neanderthal)
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To: cryptical
Wasn't it mentioned yesterday that they are proposing a one strike law for scumbags like this. He never should have been out on the streets unsupervised. I wonder how many times he watched Dru from afar before he swooped in and grabbed her. I think she worked at Victoria's Secret which was probably a turn on for him.

If we were back in the old west days he's have been strung up in the center of the town a long time ago and this girl would still be alive.

18 posted on 12/05/2003 8:42:04 AM PST by WestCoastGal
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To: donozark

Silence of the Lambs!

19 posted on 12/05/2003 8:42:48 AM PST by ThreeYearLurker
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To: Glenn
Let's not stop at the nuts.
20 posted on 12/05/2003 8:43:50 AM PST by Bikers4Bush
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