body in a suitcase which was later found in a city landfill. based on information found in rodriguez s computer, investigators also suspected he have been involved in the disappearance of 16-year-old joanna rogers who had been missing for the last 18 months. he was going from news story to news story to news story regarding specifically summer baldwin. and then later on joanna rogers. he was trying to see if all the pieces were together at that point. rodriguez s computer also revealed another troubling coincidence. he had been in contact with joanna before she disappeared. and joanna bore a striking resemblance to summer baldwin. there might be profile here
and that the risk for the volunteers outweighed spending more time. it s rat infested disease infested debris. i don t think people understand just what a surprise that was for folks, what they the risks that they took and the things that they endured. but finally, after months of disappointment, a backhoe moving a pile of trash uncovered a suitcase. inside was the decomposed body of a young girl. with red hair. dental records confirmed it was joanna rogers. now when her mom wanted to grieve for her, she could go do it. i m so happy we found you, honey. i wish we could be together. but we will be one of these days. while one question was
something was terribly wrong. she didn t take her car. she didn t take her keys. she didn t take her money. she didn t take any clothes. except for what she was wearing, no cell phone. nothing. that raises a flag immediately. she had just disappeared. and i didn t know what happened. there was no evidence of an intruder. and joanna s parents who slept just down the hall had heard nothing. at the time, police and volunteers conducted an extensive search for joanna, but turned up nothing. joanna, wherever you are out there, we want you to know we love you and if anybody knows where she is, please call the sheriff s department and help us find her. now that investigators knew rosendo rodriguez was following joanna s story on his computer, police were alarmed. that made us immediately think if he did this with summer
and the evidence showed rodriguez did the same thing he did to summer baldwin. after he killed joanna, he placed her body in a suitcase and put it in a dumpster which eventually made its way to the same landfill. unfortunately, no dna evidence was recovered from joanna rogers autopsy. because of the nature of the status of the body, we were not able to make certain determinations as cause and manner of death. but the discovery of joanna s remains was an astounding accomplishment for everyone who took part in the search.
with him head heads, fair skin, fair skinned a certain age group. we were now starting to wonder if possibly we had a serial killer. but investigators needed more proof. joanna rogers cell phone records showed no calls to or from rodriguez. but they did find proof rodriguez made cell phone calls to the land line in joanna s bedroom. and that he had done so on the night she disappeared. we figured that he probably called her on his way over to her house and then called her when he got there. the thought that joanna might have suffered the same fate as summer baldwin was more than her family could bear. it was almost too much. you know, it was overwhelming. it was just like a slap in the chest. if the two cases were related and joanna s body was in the city landfill, a space the size of three football fields, how would investigators find it?