The Vault 12:00 am, Jul. 2, 2006

Laying out the case: Rodriguez trial to begin Thursday

Before the search for Dru Sjodin ended five months later in a ravine near Crookston, Minn., millions nationwide would know Sjodin's face and story -- and the man suspected of kidnapping and killing her. Federal prosecutors want Alfonso Rodriguez to die if he's found guilty, though North Dakota abolished capital punishment in 1973, nearly 68 years after the state's last hanging.

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