An attractive 22-year-old University of North Dakota student Dru Sjodin left her job at the Columbia Mall in Grand Forks, North Dakota at 4 p.m. Nov. 22, 2003 and was never seen alive again. She was talking with her boyfriend on her cell phone when she said "Oh my god." Her phone then went dead. Chris Lang received another call from Dru's phone a few hours later, but there was only static on the other end of the line.
(1) Guilty
(2) Not Guilty
(3) Undecided
Case Background and Current Updates: The Murder of Dru Sjodin
On December 1, 2003, although her body had yet been found, Alfonso Rodriguez Jr, a registered sex offender from Minnesota who had recently completed a 23-year prison term, was charged with abducting Dru Sjodin. After Dru's body was discovered April 17, 2004 near where Rodriquz lived, a federal grand jury charged Rodriguez with kidnapping and murder.
Facing what could be the first federal death penalty case ever in North Dakota, Alfonso Rodriguez Jr. pleaded not guilty in U.S. District Court to a charge of kidnapping Dru Sjodin in a manner leading to her death.
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Alfonso Rodriguz Jr - Guilty or Not Guilty?(1) Guilty
(2) Not Guilty
(3) Undecided
Case Background and Current Updates: The Murder of Dru Sjodin