Deceased/Not Found DC - Pamela Butler, 47, Washington DC, 12 Feb 2009 *J Rodriguez-Cruz guilty*

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It’s a story we’ve covered before: the disappearance of Pamela Butler in 2009 in Washington, D.C.

The case puzzled detectives -- who pored over the extensive security footage of Pamela’s house. How could she have disappeared from inside her own home, and none of her cameras caught it?

Before long, the case would grow cold.

Watch the Dateline episode "A Haunting Stretch of Road" now

 

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Pam met Jose Rodriguez-Cruz, a handsome former military police officer who was now working at a medical clinic in Virginia, through an online dating website in September of 2008 and the pair quickly hit it off.

With the romance going strong, Pam introduced him to her family that year during Thanksgiving.

“He seemed like an extremely nice guy,” Derrick recalled. “I mean, very attentive to Pam, attentive to us, so he was a pleasure to meet, he really was.”

Virginia Man Kills Girlfriend Decades After He Murdered His Wife, Burying Them Both Along Same Interstate | Oxygen Official Site

Find out how investigators ultimately solved the murders of Pamela Butler and Marta Rodriguez, and how killer Jose Rodriguez-Cruz concealed their bodies.

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August 2, 2025

What Happened to Pamela Butler? Inside the 2009 Murder Case That Linked Her Boyfriend to Another Woman’s Death

Pamela Butler disappeared in February 2009, and she was dating Jose Rodriguez-Cruz at the time. Here's everything to know about Pamela Butler's murder and how it was linked to another woman's death.

people.com