Six months after the murder of 19-year old student Jason Rodriguez, Orlando police have finally arrested a suspect. Six months. Thats how long it took to untangle the digital detritus of one of the most twisted internet-enabled crimes in memory.It started with a scorned lover. Rodriguez, an amateur bodybuilder enrolled at Valencia Community College, had recently begun dating the ex-girlfriend of Israel Nieves pictured above, when he started to receive messages from another woman on Facebook. Or so he thought.The woman, named Ty Ann, exchanged flirty texts and emails with Rodriguez for a couple of weeks. They even video chatted once, building enough of a relationship that when Ty Ann asked Rodriguez to meet her, in person, at her house, he readily agreed. At around 10:15, he pulled up to the address hed been given at the corner of Pavilion Drive and Holly Springs Circle. He texted a friend to let them know hed made it:”Heading to the chick house … by Valencia like right there Ill text for the Im good.”Except there was no Ty Ann. There was no house. There was just, detectives say, Israel Nieves, bandana pulled over his face, gun in hand, waiting to settle whatever score hed dreamed up when his ex had left him in December. One shot through the side window later, and Rodriguez was dead.
via Murder by Facebook.







