http://www.startribune.com/stories/467/4728209.html
"About three hours after Sjodin's body was found, Allan Sjodin said he had "always held out the hope that she could be out there somewhere, alive."
But as time passed -- and as investigators collected ominous pieces of evidence, including traces of blood -- he came to accept the likelihood that she was dead, he said."
"The site is not far from where a shoe that was identified as Sjodin's was found early in the search effort last winter. The area had been combed several times, and Allan Sjodin, Dru's father, said that he had walked within a few feet of her body two weeks ago when the ravine was filled with snow"
editing. For some reason I was able to access the story without registration but now this link does not bypass the registration. ??
Here is some of the Grand Forks coverage
http://www.grandforks.com/mld/grandforks/news/special_packages/dru_sjodin/8458564.htm
"If prosecutors prove Rodriguez kidnapped Sjodin, how she died may be less important to the case, according to Grand Forks attorney Alex Reichert. "Once you start a crime in motion, you're responsible for what happens at the end of that crime," he said.
For example, if one person kidnaps another, takes the person across state lines and leaves the victim outside to die of exposure, the perpetrator technically didn't kill that person - but those actions did lead to a death, according to Reichert.
Rosenquist agreed: "It matters not under federal law if a victim is killed in one state and carried to another state and disposed of, or the victim was transported alive to another state and died there."
How Sjodin died may, however, prove important if Rodriguez is convicted. In the penalty phase, the cruelty with which someone kills another can determine how stiff the penalty is, according to Crookston attorney Wayne Swanson, who, as Polk County attorney, prosecuted Rodriguez 24 years ago for stabbing and attempting to abduct a Crookston woman"
http://www.grandforks.com/mld/grandforks/news/special_packages/dru_sjodin/8458555.htm
"Included in his relief was that a police reservist and retired deputy, not family or friends, found the body. Heales shook his head in disbelief about the recovery site.
"I can't begin to tell you how many times (father Allan Sjodin) and I went up and down that stretch of Highway 61," he said. "We literally passed right by her many, many times."
http://www.grandforks.com/mld/grandforks/news/special_packages/dru_sjodin/8458553.htm
"The women recalled their disbelief when they had first heard of Sjodin's abduction, the wondering whether Sjodin's abductor had been watching her before she was taken, and the subsequent fear and uneasiness they and other young women - and their parents - felt.
The abduction changed some behavior around campus, the women said. Women students pay closer attention to their personal safety than they did before, and UND men students, too, are more vigilant about the security of their female friends and girlfriends."
The students are holding a candlelight vigil tonight.
http://www.legacy.com/GrandForksHerald/Guestbook.asp?Page=Guestbook&PersonID=2144789
That's a place to leave messages for the family.
Can't help it! LOL
