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- Status
- Wanted
- Agency
- FBI
- Notice
- FBI Wanted
- Issued
- 2016
- Checked
Wilfredo Rodriguez
Wilfredo Rodriguez is wanted by the FBI, which published this notice in 2016. He is wanted in connection with charges that include murder and weapons offences.
He is described as 1.73 m tall, weighing about 59 kg, with brown eyes and brown hair. Distinguishing marks noted by the agency: Rodriguez has a tattoo on his upper right arm. Born on 8 November 1963 in Lajas, Puerto Rico, he would now be 62.
- Murder or homicide
- Weapons offences
Charges, as published
- Unlawful Flight to Avoid Prosecution - Murder, Fourth Degree Unlawful Possession of a Weapon, Third Degree Possession of a Weapon for an Unlawful Purpose, Third Degree Hindering Apprehension
Case details, as published by FBI
Wilfredo Rodriguez is wanted for his involvement in the murder of a male relative. On June 7, 1983, Rodriguez allegedly stabbed the man seventeen times in Irvington, New Jersey, after the two had an argument. Rodriguez was subsequently arrested for this crime, stood trial, was found guilty of murder, and was sentenced to life in prison. Rodriguez was released on bail pending appeal of his conviction but, when the appeal was denied, Rodriguez failed to surrender for confinement. A bench warrant was issued for his arrest on October 6, 1987, in Essex County by the Superior Court of New Jersey. On May 5, 1988, a federal arrest warrant for Rodriguez was issued by the United States District Court, District of New Jersey, Newark, New Jersey, after he was charged with unlawful flight to avoid prosecution.
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