Last Updated on: 20th November 2021, 06:41 pm
Who is Bienvenido Rodriguez? Biography, Wiki
Bienvenido Rodriguez of the Dominican Republic was arrested for allegedly stabbing a romantic rival in New York City more than two decades ago, authorities said on Friday.
Rodríguez was arrested in the Caribbean country on 4th October and returned to Brooklyn on Thursday to face charges in the murder of Giovanni Malpica, 21, police said.
Bienvenido Rodriguez’s Age
His current age is 51 years.
What Was The Crime?
As per the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office, the breakdown of the 25-year unresolved case is due to a clue to Rodríguez’s fate sparked by a Univision story about the 2018 murder.
Prosecutors allege that Malpica confronted Rodríguez on the night of July 17, 1996, in Bushwick, accusing him of approaching his girlfriend and hitting her on the head with a radio.
Authorities said Rodríguez reportedly responded by stabbing his rival in the chest and back repeatedly with a knife.
Malpica was taken from the crime scene on DeKalb Avenue near Knickerbocker Avenue to Wyckoff Heights Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.
Later that night, Rodriguez also went to the hospital to seek treatment for a head injury, claiming he was injured after falling from his bicycle, prosecutors said.
He would then have fled the country.
After the TV report aired three years ago, someone sent a message saying the alleged killer was in Chile.
In November 2018, a Brooklyn NYPD detective and prosecutor visited the South American country and spoke to Rodríguez, who allegedly denied knowing Malpica or their mutual love interest.
Rodríguez was deported from Chile to the Dominican Republic in September 2019.
Trial
On Friday, he was indicted before Brooklyn Supreme Court Judge Vincent Del Giudice on formal charges of second-degree murder and ordered his jail without bail.
His next court date is December 17. If found guilty, he faces a maximum sentence of 25 years and life imprisonment.
“The charges against this case show that justice is not denied in Brooklyn, even if it is delayed,” Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez said in a statement.
Police Commissioner Dermot Shea said the ten-year-old case “underscores the NYPD’s core value to never forget and never abandon victims of crime and those in need.”
