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Eridania Rodriguez
Her body was found face down in a kneeling position with her hands and feet bound, and tape covering her nose and mouth. The cause of death was asphyxia, according to the Medical Examiner's office, which has not formally identified the body, though a spokeswoman says there is no reason to believe it is not Rodriguez, mother of three. The ME's office is conducting tests to determine if the woman was sexually assaulted. A police source tells the Daily News, "Whoever killed her bashed her head, hogtied her like an animal and stuffed her in the vent—most likely while she was still alive—with the cross stuck on her mouth." It's unclear whether the crucifix was intentionally placed on the woman's mouth, or whether it hung inadvertently.
The officer who found the body, clothed in a cleaning uniform, was led to it by a pool of blood underneath the duct system; NYPD spokesman Paul Browne says the victim had suffered a head wound. The air duct was to be sealed off after the renovation was complete, suggesting the killer hoped she would never be found. The Daily News's source says, "The killer picked a spot that would eventually be sealed up. All very deliberate." A freight elevator operator who worked in the building, 26-year-old Joseph Pabon of Staten Island, remains a person of interest. In addition to having access to the 12th floor, Pabon left work early the night of Rodriguez's disappearance, and when police questioned him the following day, he had scratches on his arms.
Browne says, "We have talked to a number of individuals but we haven't identified a suspect." When asked by reporters outside his home yesterday if he was innocent, Pabon said, "Yeah, of course I am." Eight plainclothes cops remained stationed outside his house, and followed him when he left with his girlfriend, 28-year-old Lisa Marie Blumenberg. He was arrested in April for allegedly punching and choking Blumenberg, 28, before throwing a bowling ball through her car windows in a drunken rage.
Pabon's lawyer tells the Times he's considering filing a civil rights lawsuit against the city because his client was questioned for 24 hours after Rodriguez disappeared. Rodriguez's family said she had grown nervous about working at the building late at night, and was planning to quit. And relatives told CBS2 that a man who worked inside the building had been scaring her: "She told one of her co-workers that she works with and I think she told the supervisor. The supervisor spoke to him and he had to move out of the building."
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"The air duct was to be sealed off after the renovation was complete, suggesting the killer hoped she would never be found. The Daily News's source says, "The killer picked a spot that would eventually be sealed up. All very deliberate."
Who is this source? If the daily news really believes this then either they're idiots or the killer is truly a moron for believing this. The moment the HVAC system is operating, the stench of her body would be released throughout the renovated space. duh.
My thoughts exactly. A rotting corpse in an air vent is a bit of a giveaway.
In any case, there is a monster on the loose.
RIP Ms. Rodriguez.
Maybe the killer figured that the stench coming from wall street would mask the smell.
I read that as the duct was going to be decomissioned and sealed off, never to be used again.
There are plenty of times were it's more cost effective to build around decommissioned infrastructure than to remove it.
Sad story, all the same. Hope they catch the killer.
In fact, that's what the line quoted in the first comment said: "the air duct was to be sealed off." That would mean that "the moment the HVAC system is operating" would be no different than a moment in which it wasn't, because no air would be passing through that duct.
As an architect I can say that sealing off and decommissioning an HVAC duct is not good enough to prohibit the stench of a rotting corpse from escaping. Air leaks are common, especially with old duct systems, and often a sealed duct responds to a plenum just like a return air system...air is pulled in one crack and out the other. The onyl way it would have worked is if the duct was 100% sealed, and that's very unlikely.
somebody is a smarty pants. good show.
Hopefully the killer is caught soon. Some people are animals.
Hopefully they caught him already.
pabon sounds like our guy or perhaps just an easy mark for police. in any case it's pretty crazy that rodriguez felt that danger was imminent, i wonder if she named names to her supervisor or family. sad.
If she did scratched him in his arms, then his DNA should be in her nails.
His girlfriend is a loser just like him. How can a woman be with a man like that after the things he have done to her in the past??? If she was scared to leave now is the best time with the police following his every move.
Can someone please arrange an intervention for Lisa Marie? We'll be reading about finding her corpse soon, and then there will be a long trial with this douche Pabon's mom saying what a good boy he always was....
Lisa Marie, honey? RUN!
Can someone please arrange an intervention for Lisa Marie? We'll be reading about finding her corpse soon, and then there will be a long trial with this douche Pabon's mom saying what a good boy he always was....
Lisa Marie, honey? RUN!
Every update is worse - poor, poor woman.
that's so sad. i know her brothers and i knew her she was such a nice lady i feel so bad for her family. i can't believe it could be somebody i grew up seeing. R.I.P eridania
horrible fate.
This piece is really telling:"a man who worked inside the building had been scaring her: "She (the victim) told one of her co-workers that she works with and I think she told the supervisor. The supervisor spoke to him and he had to move out of the building."
what about that lead?
I hope they're not letting somebody else go unpunished:
It seems there is another direction:
"Rodriguez's family said she had grown nervous about working at the building late at night, and was planning to quit. And relatives told CBS2 that a man who worked inside the building had been scaring her: "She told one of her co-workers that she works with and I think she told the supervisor. The supervisor spoke to him and he had to move out of the building."