Refugio Rodriguez’s body was found on a popular Montevideo walking path on Sept. 20, 2020. Police called it a suicide. But a Forum News Service investigation last year triggered a state-level review.
This 4-part podcast series investigates the death of a man found dead, on his knees, with a rope around his neck, along a rural Minnesota walking path.
An image obtained by Forum News Service of Rodriguez’s body before police arrived shows Rodriguez slouched, on his knees, on a retaining wall in a park in Montevideo, Minnesota.
BCA will review the Montevideo police investigation into the death of Refugio Rodriguez, after a Forum News Service investigation revealed concerns about police work, 'suicide' designation.
Forum News Service reporting found there were multiple credible leads into Refugio Rodriguez's suspicious 2020 death that went unpursued by Montevideo, Minn., police investigator Carmen Beninga.
A Minn. man found dead on walking path told family he was a 'goner' after being identified as a confidential informant. Yet despite the suspicious death, police closed his case, labeled it a suicide.
