Murder Victim. She was kidnapped from the Columbia Mall in Grand Forks, North Dakota on Nov. 22, 2003. Her body was found on April 17, 2004, after being revealed by the spring thaw in an area near Crookston, Minnesota where volunteers had searched several times during the five months she had been missing. The case was marked by national headlines and television news stories. In 2004 a Sjodin's scholarship was set up at the University of North Dakota and a memorial garden can be found in her hometown of Pequot Lakes, MN. In addition, the "Dru Sjodin National Sex Offender Public Registry" legislation was passed in 2006 and signed into law by then-President George W. Bush.
Murder Victim. She was kidnapped from the Columbia Mall in Grand Forks, North Dakota on Nov. 22, 2003. Her body was found on April 17, 2004, after being revealed by the spring thaw in an area near Crookston, Minnesota where volunteers had searched several times during the five months she had been missing. The case was marked by national headlines and television news stories. In 2004 a Sjodin's scholarship was set up at the University of North Dakota and a memorial garden can be found in her hometown of Pequot Lakes, MN. In addition, the "Dru Sjodin National Sex Offender Public Registry" legislation was passed in 2006 and signed into law by then-President George W. Bush.
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