Blood Found In Rodriquez' Car~~Story Dru Sjodin

Milwaukee Channel News ^ | 12/4/03

[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!!!!

[tubebender]

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

Do you know where this perp worked...

[WestCoastGal]

Wouldn't this be a solution for anyone found guilty of this type of crime??

Is chemical castration an acceptable punishment for male sex offenders?

Resources used to support "yes"

Sex offenders, such as rapists, pedophiles, and exhibitionists, are among the highest reoccurring offense populations in the United States probation system. These offenders commit crimes that put fear into the general public and pose a threat to people that live in their neighborhoods. These offenders should be punished and not let off or forgiven of their crime(s) just because they have gone through a treatment program, most or which cannot show a significant success rate.

Chemical castration is an ideal punishment for sex offenders. When Depo-Provera is administerd, recidivism rates fall to 5%. Their sexual fantasies are lessened as a result of the reduction of testosterone levels. Although men administered this drug are capable of having sexual intercourse, many people argue that chemical castration is cruel and unusual punishment. This argument is countered by the fact that sex offenders are required to get injections only once a month. What is "cruel and unusual" is allowing sex offenders to attack innocent women and children.

This effective therapy will protect future victims. It is an "offender friendly" way of reducing sexual violence.

[Freedom4US]

Our national fifty year "experiment" with liberal punishment is rapidly coming to an end. There's no way around it, most social problems have a natural way of self correcting. It's especially tragic that we have to periodically reinvent the wheel, but thems the breaks I guess.

Always remember we the people are essentially guinea pigs in
a cage on a grand scale, where the "experts" try to guide us to utopia.

[Jim Noble]

This effective therapy will protect future victims. It is an "offender friendly" way of reducing sexual violence.

I am indifferent to offender friendliness.

Is it as reliable as beheading? If not, I don't want it.

[Saundra Duffy]

Why was this monster allowed to roam around free?
Furthermore: WHAT IS THE RAPIST'S WORST NIGHTMARE? A WOMAN WITH A GUN!!!!!!!!!

[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*

Are there a lot of them?

[texasbluebell]

Heard on the news that it was some construction job, didn't mention where exactly though.

[mrfixit514]

Rodriguez, a three-time convicted rapist

Why was this animal out of prison?

[WestCoastGal]

Here's the only info from the Minnesota Dept of Corrections on him........

Birth Date: 2/18/1953

Race/Ethnicity: WHITE/Hispanic

Skin Tone: DARK

Hair Color: GRAY

Eye Color: BROWN

Height: 5'04"

Weight: 159

Build: MEDIUM

OID: 108212

Supervising Agent: No longer under supervision

Release Date: 05/01/2003

Offense Statute(s): Att. Agg. Rape, Agg. Rape, Att.

Kidnapping & Agg. Assault Offense Information:

Offender has a history of sexual contact and attempted kidnapping with adult females. Contact included pentration in two instances. Offender used force and has used a weapon to gain compliance. Offender was previously known to one victim, not previously known to two victims.

Address County: Non-Minnesota County

Registered Address: Grand Forks County Corrections Center Non-Minnesota, MN 00000

Law Enforcement Agency: Non-Minnesota not av'lble

Aliases:

[spunkets]

" WHAT IS THE RAPIST'S WORST NIGHTMARE? A WOMAN WITH A GUN!

That's right. She'd be alive today if she just blasted him and there'd have been no more heard about what new mischief the creep caused. Too bad the concept will be lost to many folks, because of the grabbers propaganda efforts.

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

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.

That may be at play here. His lawyer might be trying to best arrange a confession for a scenario where she was killed in a non death penalty state. I hope she's still alive, but as more time goes by, it doesn't look good.

[null and void]

Are there a lot of them?

Enough. Barely. For now.

[null and void]

Why was this animal out of prison?

He served his full term. No parol, and since he's done all his time no supervision, either. Pure insanity.

[TheDon]

Because some psychiatrists believe he no longer posed a threat. I've always thought a condition of letting out violent criminals on parole should only be done if those responsible for letting him out on parole sponsor them in their own home. This poor girl didn't have to die.

[Bikers4Bush]

Because liberals have no common sense.

[NYC Republican]

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

Those movies were good, but there was one major hole in it. Just like Gilligan's Island, where they can create/build nearly everything but they can't build a simple raft or boat, in the case of Hannibal, all they had to do was remove all of his teeth, and he's incapable of savagely attacking others with his mouth, and hence, cannibalism... Just a thought.

[diamondjoe]

With every passing day, this guy is more and more likely to be Dahmered once in jail. They'll have to keep him in solitary confinement every hour of every day for the rest of his life.

[null and void]

Interesting that they added 'Hispanic' to the race...

Offense Information:
Offender has a history of sexual contact and attempted kidnapping with adult females. Contact included pentration in two instances. Offender used force and has used a weapon to gain compliance. Offender was previously known to one victim, not previously known to two victims.

http://www.doc.state.mn.us/level3/OffenderDetail.asp?OID=108212

 

ALFONSO RODRIGUEZ JR

Front	Side

Birth Date:	2/18/1953
Race/Ethnicity:	WHITE
Skin Tone:	DARK
Hair Color:	GRAY

Eye Color:	BROWN
Height:	5'04"
Weight:	159
Build:	MEDIUM

OID:  108212

Supervising Agent:   No longer under supervision

Release Date:  05/01/2003

Offense Statute(s):  Att. Agg. Rape, Agg. Rape, Att. Kidnapping & Agg. Assault

Offense Information:
Offender has a history of sexual contact and attempted kidnapping with adult females. Contact included pentration in two instances. Offender used force and has used a weapon to gain compliance. Offender was previously known to one victim, not previously known to two victims.

Address County:  Polk

Registered Address:

Adams Street Crookston, MN 56716

Law Enforcement Agency:

Crookston Police Department 218 281 3111

Aliases:

The information about this offender is released to the public pursuant to Minnesota Statutes 244.052.  The offender has completed a term in prison. He has an offense history that includes, at a minimum, an offense that requires registration as a predatory offender according to Minnesota Statutes 243.166. According to all of the information known to the Minnesota Department of Corrections this offender is not wanted by law enforcement. Rather, this information is provided to the public to enhance public safety through knowledge of the offender's general area of residence. If you have any questions about the offender, please contact the law enforcement agency listed on this page.

 

[Jackie-O]

Thanks for the ping null!
I saw an attorney on Billy-O the other night saying that all violent sex offenders should be surgically or chemically castrated...I agree. Then lock them up and throw away the key, unless they murder too. Then they get the needle, max voltage, or gas.

[budwiesest]

This morning one of the women he attacked years ago (stabbed her in the elbow and chest) fought him off, he fled, she made it home. Later, looking at police sketches- none panned out. So she went home and created her own sketch, (she's an artist) they picked him up two days later.