Posted on 04/17/2004 12:03:20 PM PDT by jwalburg
CROOKSTON - The body of Dru Sjodin, the UND student who disappeared last November, has been found, authorities said Saturday.
Polk County Sheriff Mark LeTexier sobbed as he told volunteers, "Dru is home." He later confirmed that authorities had found Sjodin's body.
Volunteers had joined the search for the 22-year-old student on Saturday. A group at Crookston High School broke into applause after his announcement.
Sjodin's father, Allan, and her boyfriend were in a trailer at the high school serving as a makeshift command post for authorities organizing the search.
Sjodin, of Pequot Lakes, Minn., disappeared Nov. 22 from a Grand Forks mall. She was last heard from while talking on a cell phone to her boyfriend.
Convicted sex offender Alfonso Rodriguez Jr., 51, of Crookston, has pleaded not guilty to kidnapping her. He was arrested in December and is jailed in Grand Forks on $5 million bail.
With the Mondale-country jury likely to be picked, I wonder if a federal prosecutor would even try for the death penalty.
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