Last weekend, Florida authorities arrested 28-year-old restaurant culinary manager Lee Rodarte Jr. and charged him with the murder of his co-worker — and sometime girlfriend — Savannah Gold.
Investigators suspect that after killing Gold, Rodarte used her phone to text her family to say that she was running away.
Here are six things to know about the case.
1. Homicide Began as a Missing Persons Case
Gold, an employee at the Bonefish Grill in Jacksonville, Florida, went missing last Wednesday when she arrived at work — but she never made it inside the building.
Her unlocked car was later found in the parking lot...
Investigators suspect that after killing Gold, Rodarte used her phone to text her family to say that she was running away.
Here are six things to know about the case.
1. Homicide Began as a Missing Persons Case
Gold, an employee at the Bonefish Grill in Jacksonville, Florida, went missing last Wednesday when she arrived at work — but she never made it inside the building.
Her unlocked car was later found in the parking lot...
- 8/10/2017
- by Steve Helling
- PEOPLE.com
Shortly after Savannah Gold headed to her job at the Bonefish Grill restaurant in Jacksonville last Wednesday, her family began receiving strange text messages from her phone.
“Hey i just wanted to tell you and mom i met a really great guy and we’re running away together,” she texted her father, according to a missing persons report. “I love him and we’re leaving tonight i’ll call you later when we get to where we are going.”
Her family instantly became suspicious. “The spelling was all whacked out,” her father, Daniel Gold, told Wsb-tv. “It looked really strange.
“Hey i just wanted to tell you and mom i met a really great guy and we’re running away together,” she texted her father, according to a missing persons report. “I love him and we’re leaving tonight i’ll call you later when we get to where we are going.”
Her family instantly became suspicious. “The spelling was all whacked out,” her father, Daniel Gold, told Wsb-tv. “It looked really strange.
- 8/8/2017
- by Steve Helling
- PEOPLE.com
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