During the autopsy, the medical examiner carefully studied Rodger’s throat to determine if he had been choked into unconsciousness before he was placed in the car, but no such evidence was found.
June 7, 1990
News & Stories
The mysterious death of local Teamsters leader Rodger Whitehead
Where did Chula Vista's sea turtles come from?
At the bottom of San Diego Bay, in the shadow of a huge SDG&E power station in Chula Vista, lives a colony of endangered sea turtles. They have been present, more or less, since the …
June 7, 1990
Car-jacked on Sports Arena Boulevard
It was a Sunday afternoon in May, a beautiful, bright, sunny day. My husband was home with my son, my niece and nephew, and his own son from his first marriage. I needed to buy …
June 7, 1990