Murder of Santos Rodriguez

Murder of Santos Rodriguez

1973 police murder in Dallas, Texas, US

📍 Dallas, Texas USA

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On the morning of July 24, 1973, in Dallas, Texas, United States, 30-year-old Dallas police officer Darrell Lee Cain murdered Santos Rodriguez, a 12-year-old Mexican-American child. Officer Cain and Officer Roy R. Arnold were investigating reports of a burglary at a Fina gas station when they took Santos Rodriguez and his 13-year-old brother David Rodriguez from their home for an impromptu interrogation over the burglary. Cain shot Santos Rodriguez while conducting Russian roulette on the brothers in an attempt to force a confession from them.

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