By Paul Shepard on Jan 19th 2011 12:48PM
Filed under: News, Profiles
A suspect in the murder of three Philadelphia-area women confessed to the slayings after a DNA match identified him as the killer.
Antonio Rodriguez, 22, was linked to the deaths of Elaine Goldberg, Casey Mahoney and Nicole Piacentini thanks to DNA evidence.
Questions surrounded the arrest of Rodriguez because he had no history of violent crimes and the DNA tests that identified him as the main suspect was delayed by a case backlog.
Rodriguez had been jailed on drug charges June 5 and was released on bail Aug. 19, according to prison records. On Oct. 21, Rodriguez pled guilty in the drug case and was paroled and given a year of probation.
This week, Rodriguez was arrested in the sexual assaults and strangling deaths of the three women. Their bodies had been found in November and December.
Police said the delay in matching the DNA in the case occurred because of a backlog in processing. Because of the backlog, it took nearly three months for a DNA sample to be tested after it was taken from a suspect, according to police.
Elected officials are calling for increased funding for DNA testing so that delays like those in the Rodriguez case can be avoided in the future.
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By: Clinesha18 on 1/19/2011 1:55PM
Roast this bi-och nuts on an open fire.
Better yet, noose his azz up and let him choke til near death, then let him go and do it all over again the next day and the next...
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By: Sue on 1/19/2011 3:18PM
Yup that's exactly what I'd do if I were his judge and jury. Jail time is way too easy for him. He's a murderer and needs to be treated just like the animal that he is.. A Life For A Life...
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By: catherine on 1/20/2011 6:39AM
What is done in the Dark comes to the Light. I pray he meets the Lord before his end. That means not play Church or Christianity but become truly remorseful of his crimes to the point that he fall before the Lord with true sorrow. There is no way he can bring those women back, but God can and I believe will heal their hearts and lives if the families will allow Him to. I wonder what happened to him in his life, that could have led to such a terrible thing he's done. The jail and prison create monsters, not rehabilitate.
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