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A week later, on December 1, a suspect, 50-year-old registered level 3 sex offender Alfonso Rodriguez, Jr., was arrested in connection with Sjodin's disappearance.

According to police reports, Rodriguez admitted to being near the Columbia Mall the night Sjodin disappeared, allegedly viewing the film Once Upon a Time in Mexico at the Columbia Mall Cinema 4.

However, that movie was not playing at that theatre or any other theater in the area.

The police also found receipts of purchases Rodriguez had made at stores near the mall.

Rodriguez apparently had two tool kit knives that could only be purchased at a particular home center store which was about one mile from the mall, but they were not purchased the day Sjodin disappeared and a purchase date for the knives was never established.

Police also found a tool kit knife in Rodriguez's car that was soaking in some type of cleaning solution inside a rear wheel well.

Rodriguez had been released from jail in May 2003 after completing a 23-year prison term for stabbing and trying to kidnap a woman.

Rodriguez had also previously pleaded guilty to raping another woman.