![]() ![]() North Dakota now also has enhanced sentences for sex offenders, more penalties for the luring and possession of child pornography and expanded registration requirements, according to Fox News. North Dakota also has established its own database similar to Dru’s Law in which the public can search sex offenders by area and also receive email notifications when a sex offender moves into one’s community. “She is so strong, and hopefully she has saved others from violence,” 2012 Dru Sjodin Memorial Scholarship recipient Sonja Collin said regarding Walker. The public can also search the website by name, state, county, city, address or zip codes, according to website. ![]() Dru’s Law established the Dru Sjodin National Sex Offender Public Registry website, which provides information to the public about existing sex offender information. She’s brought more awareness to violence and the prevention of it,” UND Women’s Center Director Kay Mendick said.įor years, Walker fought for legislation of Dru’s Law, which is part of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act. Although it has been 10 years since the tragedy, Dru’s legacy still lives on at UND and across the state and nation.īecause of Dru’s story, both Minnesota and North Dakota now have tougher punishments and provisions for level three sex offenders, and a nationwide database of sex offenders has been established, largely due to the efforts Dru’s mother Linda Walker. November 22 marks the 10th anniversary of the murder of UND student, Dru Sjodin. Think about Dru the next time you get a catalog in the mail.Former UND student Dru Sjodin poses. He was doubtlessly attracted to the store in the first place because of it’s reputation. It’s certain Rodriguez was stalking her perhaps after seeing her at work in the mall.ĭru Sjodin worked at “Victoria’s Secret.” A pretty girl in a store full of skimpy women’s underwear and many near-pornographic wall posters was obviously too much for Rodriguez to handle. It has been reported that a “SuperTarget” security camera places Rodriguez in the mall parking lot an hour before. She was last seen leaving work at the Columbia Mall in Grand Forks, ND on November 22, 2003. It’s entirely possible that both Dru and America’s licentious culture contributed to her demise. How is it possible that this animal was walking the streets at all? -We can thank the American justice system.Īnd we can thank it further if this predator is convicted within the state jurisdictions of either North Dakota or Minnesota, neither state allows heinous criminals to be executed. Grand Forks County Sheriff Dan Hill confirmed that a preliminary DNA match was made between Dru and blood found in Alfonso Rodriguez’s car, that a sheath found in the Columbia Mall parking lot near Dru’s car was a likely match for a knife found in Rodriguez’s car, and that a shoe found near Red Lake River in Crookston MN a few days after Dru’s disappearance had been identified by Dru’s college roommate as probably being Dru’s. There is much that points to Alfonso Rodriguez as the perpetrator. “Once a person does their time, they have no ties to probation,” Moreno said in Sunday’s edition of the newspaper. Moreno told The Forum of Fargo, N.D., that he wasn’t in a position to help her. She asked Moreno to keep her brother locked up or away from the community. Gerry Moreno several times following her brother’s 23-year prison term completion. Rodriguez’s sister, Ileana, called local police Sgt. He was classified as a “Level III” sex offender which means the predator in question has had 1 or more victims, and/or has committed previous crimes of a similar nature, and/or has shown excessive cruelty to their victim(s). He had previously pleaded guilty to a charge of rape. The chief suspect in the case is Alfonso Rodriguez, a convicted sex offender who had just finished a 23 year prison term for stabbing and trying to kidnap a woman. ![]() A sad, if not unexpected end for the 22 year-old girl. The body of Dru Sjodin has been found in Crookston, Minnesota today 5 months after she disappeared from a ND shopping mall. ![]()
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