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Report: W. Columbia homicide victim sought help before
Posted: Apr 27, 2010 2:01 AM
Updated: Apr 28, 2010 4:40 AM
Gerardo Villarreal Rodriguez
http://www.wistv.com/Global/story.asp?S=12379291
Posted: Apr 27, 2010 2:01 AM
Updated: Apr 28, 2010 4:40 AM
Gerardo Villarreal Rodriguez
WEST COLUMBIA, SC (WIS) - West Columbia police need help tracking down a man they say is involved with a Monday afternoon homicide.
Police say 37-year-old Gerardo Villarreal Rodriguez ditched a Dodge Ram pick-up truck at the Walgreens at the corner of Augusta and Leaphart Roads Monday night. Police believe Rodriguez was picked up by someone and may be in Columbia, Elgin or in the Raleigh area.
Officials say the incident happened around 4:15 p.m. Monday on Burham Street. Yadira Rodriguez was found next to a home lying in a puddle of her own blood and wearing nothing but her underwear. Investigators believe the victim is the suspect's wife.
According to the police incident report, officers were called to the address for a domestic violence complaint. They arrived to find Yadira Rodriguez lying in driveway unresponsive and bleeding from the upper torso.
Rodriguez was transported to Lexington Medical by EMS and pronounced dead upon arrival.
In the incident report, the victim's sister said that the victim was stabbed with a kitchen knife numerous times by the suspect.
Authorities also believe the incident occurred when the victim's five children and her sister were inside the home.
Despite the violent scene, neighbors say they didn't hear anything to indicate a homicide.
"I'm sitting in the kitchen having a sandwich and I didn't even hear her scream," said Renee Coffee. "I didn't hear anything."
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