Refugio Rodriguez, part 2: Sole investigator had case thrown out due to bad police work episode artwork

EPISODE · Feb 17, 2023 · 17 MIN

Refugio Rodriguez, part 2: Sole investigator had case thrown out due to bad police work

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A Minnesota police investigator who closed the case on a possible murder after labeling it a suicide was simultaneously under fire for shoddy police work in another case, according to court records. The matter raises serious concerns for the family of Refugio Rodriguez. Montevideo, Minnesota, Police Department investigator Carmen Beninga closed the investigation into Rodriguez's September 2020 death despite multiple credible leads indicating his death might have been a hitjob, a Forum News Service investigation has shown. Full story can be found here. 

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