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. 

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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://deathpenaltyinfo.org/federal-government-announces-withdrawal-of-intent-to-seek-death-in-north-dakota-case

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://apnews.com/article/death-penalty-dru-sjodin-alfonso-rodriguez-jr-ca6d8a688408455839888a33670feaa7

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