In November 2003, 22-year-old Dru Sjodin had just gotten off her shift at Victoria Secret at the Columbia Mall in Grand Forks, North Dakota. While talking on the phone with her boyfriend the call would abruptly ended and then she vanished. Days after he disappearance a suspect would emerge and her story would unfold. Dru's death however has gone on to change lives and the National Sex Offenders Registry list.
Listen to her story now told by Holly.
Tammy Coopers Episode mentioned at the beginning of the episode:
https://audioboom.com/posts/8085805-unsolved-quadruple-murder-in-lubbock
Dru Sjodin National Sex Offender Public Website:
https://www.nsopw.gov/
Dru's Voice FB page:
https://www.facebook.com/DrusVoice/
Alfonso Rodriguez Appeal:
https://wwws.law.northwestern.edu/legalclinic/macarthur/projects/deathpenalty/documents/rodriguezpublicversion.pdf
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Episode Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Dru_Sjodin
https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna14348581
https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/grandforks/obituary.aspx?n=dru-sjodin&pid=2144789
https://www.nsopw.gov/en/About/DruSjodin
https://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-8th-circuit/1272237.html
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/dru-sjodin/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jx_EDBImYq8
https://www.kiro7.com/news/trending/death-penalty-tossed-2003-abduction-murder-north-dakota-college-student-dru-sjodin/AU3554TNTJAIXKBLRSCBOZXX2A/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtzoZuXRvhI
https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/missing87975/remembering-dru-sjodin-obituary-t1011.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-cGTEXquV0
https://www.kare11.com/article/news/crime/feds-drop-rodriguez-appeal-dru-sjodin-killing-still-seek-death-penalty/89-933be33c-184d-4e84-b817-6d7da4c5a924
https://www.twincities.com/2013/09/25/dru-sjodins-blood-matched-stain-in-suspects-car-sources-say/
https://www.grandforksherald.com/newsmd/evidence-may-link-rodriguez-drus-car
https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=128141&page=1
https://www.inforum.com/newsmd/the-suspect-in-dru-sjodins-death-was-a-quiet-teenager-but-then-his-private-struggles-became-public