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January 3, 2023 42 mins

In November of 2003, a 22-year-old woman was abducted from the Columbia Mall parking lot in North Dakota. As her case garnered media attention from all over the country, police meticulously examined security footage to find her killer. And when he was apprehended, they found that he had been menacing women for decades. This is the story of Dru Sjodin.

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CASE SOURCES

1. National Sex Offender Public Website: https://www.nsopw.gov/en/About/DruSjodin

2. KIRO 7: https://www.kiro7.com/news/trending/death-penalty-tossed-2003-abduction-murder-north-dakota-college-student-dru-sjodin/AU3554TNTJAIXKBLRSCBOZXX2A/

3. Star Tribune: https://www.newspapers.com/image/250357799/?terms=alfonso%20rodriguez%20jr

4. US vs. Alfonso Rodriguez Jr.: https://www.scribd.com/document/524152891/Alonso-Rodriguez-Death-Sentence-Overturned#

5. ABC: https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=128168&page=1

6. Star Tribune: https://www.newspapers.com/image/250312329/?terms=alfonso%20rodriguez%20jr7.

7. Cinemaholic: https://thecinemaholic.com/dru-sjodin-murder-where-is-alfonso-rodriguez-jr-now/

8. MPR News: https://www.mprnews.org/story/2007/10/16/sjodinsettle

9. Investigation Discovery: https://www.investigationdiscovery.com/video/see-no-evil-investigation-discovery/watching-dru

10. ABC: https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=127893&page=1

11. Valley News Live: https://www.valleynewslive.com/2022/06/09/alfonso-rodriguez-jr-death-penalty-still-uncertain-us-attorney-general-may-withdraw-authorization-capital-punishment/

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