Jury Sentences Man to Death for Stuffing Pregnant Woman in Suitcase, Dumping in Landfill
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A jury has given the death penalty to a man convicted of beating a pregnant woman, stuffing her in a suitcase and dumping it in a landfill.
Rosendo Rodriguez, a 28-year-old from San Antonio, was sentenced Tuesday after the jury deliberated for three hours. He was convicted on two counts of capital murder Friday.
The body of 29-year-old Summer Baldwin, her unborn child still inside, was found in the Lubbock landfill in 2005. The case was moved to the Panhandle city of Canyon because of pretrial publicity.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Experts testified that Baldwin, who was a prostitute, may have been alive when Rodriguez stuffed her in the suitcase and tossed it into a large trash bin.