Black D.C. Woman Disappears, Police Say Case Has “Hit Dead End”
From the Washington Post:
They made a love connection in cyberspace, two lonely strangers in their 40s, each long divorced and yearning for new romance.
By all accounts, Jose Rodriguez-Cruz and Pam Butler were a happy couple for most of their five months together. “This was a woman I really cared for, okay?” said Rodriguez-Cruz, who met Butler through the online dating service eHarmony.
“I mean, I treated her like a queen.”
Then, on the eve of Valentine’s Day, she disappeared.
“I’m telling you,” he said, “there’s no way I would ever hurt her.”
And no one can prove he did.
Butler, 47, a computer specialist for the Environmental Protection Agency, vanished in February in what D.C. police think was a homicide. From the outset, detectives have focused on Rodriguez-Cruz as a suspect, searching his Alexandria apartment with a warrant, taking his car and other belongings, digging into his past and questioning him aggressively.
But with Rodriguez-Cruz denying any knowledge of Butler’s whereabouts and detectives lacking enough evidence for an arrest, the stubborn case “has gone about as far as it can go at this point, unfortunately,” a law enforcement official said.
A dead end.
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perhaps if the cops or media made the story known to the public before it became 9months old, they wouldnt be at a “dead end” besides that the police are bullchit anyway, they dont solve crimes are even arrest criminals. When is the last time you heard of a cop saving anyone, i hear more cases of pets saving people than the police do. my condolences to this woman and her family. (911 is a joke)
I wish you people would actually read the article and not just complain about what the media does or does not too. I live in Washington, D.C. I’ve read the articles about this case, there were 2 full page (and when I say full page I mean the front page and continued one FULL page)articles relating to this case. One was in the Wednesday paper and the other was in the Thursday paper. ANYWAY…the problem that the cops are having is that they cannot link this man to the crim. They know he did it…anybody reading the article knows he did it. The suspect has wayyy too many conflicting stories and nothing that he does is adding up. The thing about this particular is that, sometimes when women are missing and they are minorities they tend to be at the bottom of the socioeconomic ladder. Maybe a few kids, no father, maybe a history of drug usage, maybe a history of criminal activity. Anyway this woman makes $120,000 a year, owns a Jaguar and a Mercerdes, owns a few rental properties and was extremely cautious, she had security cameras all around her house and her security system was ALWAYS alarmed.
The suspect, the boyfriend, in the case was seen walking in and out of the house but he claims that he did not see her nor was he aware of her missing. Anyway I urge you to read the article and not just complain about the media’s lack of coverage on black women. And just in case you are not aware, as I typed this message there were many women and girls who were kidnapped. If the media ACTUALLY covered EVERY SINGLE abduction and rape then there would be a network dedicated to covering it 24/7.
man the article said tommorrow they gonna talk about what her survelliance equipment might show. Can’t wait! This is an interesting article.
How many times have black women and children vanished and the white police establishment found them? How many times have the white racist news media even did stories on the disapearing of any black person.? They just don’t care,its just one less n****r to have to deal with.the country is heavyly racist and it is proven everday.black peoles plight in america is hopeless.genocide is the question and the answer,for the majority of white people.so they will probably never find her and they never looked for her,like they do for whites.
When Black people, especially Black women disappear. The law don’t even care at all.
She needs a blonde wig. Then they’d keep looking.