The murder of Dru Sjodin, a 22-year-old student at the University of North Dakota and Gamma Phi Beta sorority member, occurred on November 22, 2003. Sjodin was kidnapped by Alfonso Rodriguez Jr. from the Columbia Mall parking lot in Grand Forks, North Dakota. [1]

Felonious Gru, Jr., also known as Gru Gru Jr. or simply Gru Jr., is Gru and Lucy 's baby son, Margo, Edith and Agnes ' adoptive younger brother, and a main character of Despicable Me 4.

Jan 12, 2024 · After connecting the dots from all the pieces of evidence and testimonies, on December 1, 2003, the police arrested a 50-year-old registered level-3 sex offender named Alfonso Rodriguez Jr. as the primary suspect connected to Dru’s sudden disappearance.

The U.S. attorney in North Dakota says he will no longer seek the death penalty for Alfonso Rodriguez Jr., convicted in the kidnapping and killing of a college student nearly two decades ago in a case that led to changes in sex offender registration laws.

A federal judge on Friday, Sept. 3, 2021, threw out the death sentence for Alfonso Rodriguez Jr convicted in the 2003 slaying of Dru Sjodin, a North Dakota college student. (AP Photo/Ann Heisenfelt File)

Jan 12, 2024 · On August 30, 2006, Alfonso was convicted of kidnapping Dru Sjodin, resulting in her death. In February 2007, Alfonso received a death sentence following a jury recommendation of the same nature. Alfonso Rodriguez Jr. and his defense team pursued multiple avenues to overturn his sentence.

Jan 12, 2024 · Dru Sjodin, 22, who was a senior at the University of North Dakota studying graphic arts, was leaving her job at the Columbia Mall in Grand Forks on Nov. 22, 2003. After buying a purse at one of the stores, she walked to the parking lot and was on the phone with her boyfriend Chris Lang, according to investigator Bill Macki.

Sep 13, 2021 · — It’s been 18 years since the abduction and murder of Dru Sjodin, and 14 years since Alfonso Rodriguez was sentenced to death for her kidnapping and killing, but a federal judge’s recent...

Jun 22, 2023 · Alfonso Rodriguez, 70, was convicted of killing 22-year-old Dru Sjodin in November 2003 after abducting her from a mall parking lot in Grand Forks, North Dakota. Her body was found in April...

Gru Jr. is the deuteragonist of Universal•Illumination's 2024 animated feature film Despicable Me 4. He is Gru and Lucy's infant son, and the adoptive younger brother of Margo, Edith and Agnes. He is speculated to be born in the timespan between Despicable Me 3 and Despicable Me 4.