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NEWS RELEASE
For Immediate Release:  Monday, August 4, 2008

ARREST MADE IN 2007 COLD CASE HOMICIDE.


(Hartford) -  Detectives of the Hartford Police Department's Major Crimes Division and the State of Connecticut Chief State's Attorney's Office Cold Case Unit, have made an arrest in the November 10, 2007, shooting death of Efrain Rodriguez, DOB 2/3/77, of Meadow Ridge Road, Avon.  The arrestee, a juvenile, age 17, was 16 at the time of the shooting, was charged on August 1st, 2008 by police with murder, carrying a pistol without a permit, and assault in the first degree..  He remains in custody on a $2 million bond.

At approximately 1:45 a.m. on November 10th, Hartford police officers on patrol in the area of 1995 Park Street heard several gun shots coming from the MiBar restaurant.  Officers located a 19 year old male lying on the sidewalk suffering from a single gunshot wound to the leg.  He was transported to Hartford Hospital for treatment of a non-life threatening injury.  A second male, Efrain Rodriguez, was discovered in the parking lot suffering from a gun shot wound to the chest.  Rodriguez was transported to St. Francis Hospital and was pronounced dead at 2:04 a.m. 

In commenting on the arrest, Hartford Police Chief Daryl K. Roberts said, "I want the families of victims to know that the Hartford Police Department will never give up in its effort to bring criminals to justice, and they and their loved ones will never be forgotten."

The Cold Case Unit in the Office of the Chief State’s Attorney was established in 1998 to investigate homicides and other serious crimes that have gone unsolved for an extended period of time. It currently includes Inspectors from the Office of the Chief State’s Attorney, the State of Connecticut Department of Corrections, Bloomfield Police Department, Farmington Police Department, Hartford Police Department, Wethersfield Police Department and Windsor Police Department. Click here to visit the Chief State's Attorney's Cold Case webpage.  

This is the fourth cold case solved by the HPD and the Chief State's Attorney Office's Cold Case Unit this year.

                         

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Contact:   Nancy M. Mulroy, Public Information Officer, Hartford Police Department,  (860) 757-4021
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