'You know 100% where she is': Man cruises around in missing girlfriend's blood-soaked car after she vanishes, cops say

The boyfriend of a 21-year-old Arizona pistillate who vanished earlier this twelvemonth was caught driving her blood-soaked car astir with the rider spot missing, years aft helium told a erstwhile girlfriend helium would "cut her hubby into pieces," according to tribunal documents.

Avondale Police archer Law&Crime that Tommy Rodriguez, 39, is considered a idiosyncratic of involvement successful the disappearance of Isabella Comas aft discovering that helium allegedly stole her Hyundai Sonata and was driving it successful the Globe country hours aft she was past seen.

Rodriguez, who was arrested and charged with stealing and damaging Comas' car, has a anterior execution condemnation and is presently connected probation for a 2020 stalking lawsuit involving a erstwhile lover, according to section ABC affiliate KNXV.

Rodriguez dumped Comas' Hyundai successful Phoenix with the rider spot missing and a "large quantity of blood" inside, according to Avondale Police Public Information Officer Jaret Redfearn, who confirmed the find to Law&Crime connected Tuesday.

"Based connected the grounds discovered successful the conveyance astatine the time, including a ample quantity of humor and the removal of the beforehand rider spot of the car, our detectives judge Miss Comas sustained a life-threatening wounded that, if near untreated, whitethorn beryllium unsurvivable," Redfearn confirmed, noting that the humor was confirmed to beryllium Comas' blood.

Police said successful a January property merchandise that Comas was past seen "leaving a friend's residence" adjacent 11120 W. Van Buren Street successful Avondale connected Jan. 11. She was driving her Sonata that time and "has not been seen oregon heard from since," according to cops.

"She was past seen wearing a baggy navy-blue shirt, bluish pants with a achromatic stripe down the side, and sandals," the constabulary merchandise said. "Surrounding instrumentality enforcement agencies person been notified, and country hospitals, cab companies, and exigency services person been contacted with antagonistic results."

Police accidental they utilized surveillance footage and telephone information to drawback Rodriguez driving Comas' car. Data from the Life360 app tracked Comas' telephone allegedly moving betwixt Avondale, Rodriguez's Phoenix residence, and an concern country successful El Mirage that evening earlier it was recovered astatine a Phoenix recycling halfway connected Jan. 12.

Rodriguez was named arsenic a idiosyncratic of involvement connected Jan. 15 and was arrested connected aggregate charges, including theft of means of proscription and transgression damage, pursuing the find of Comas' car.

"Tommy, you cognize 100% wherever she is," Comas' parent told KNXV.

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Redfearn said, "Based connected our probe to date, Tommy Rodriguez remains a idiosyncratic of involvement successful this lawsuit and is believed to beryllium connected to Isabella Comas' disappearance."

Court documents obtained by KNXV this week uncover that Rodriguez has a anterior execution condemnation and pleaded blameworthy to stalking, with the stalking lawsuit involving a erstwhile woman who was threatened by him.

Rodriguez told the pistillate successful 2020 helium would "cut her hubby into pieces" if helium couldn't beryllium with her, according to the documents. Rodriguez pleaded blameworthy to violating an bid of extortion aft the stalking condemnation and is inactive connected probation for the 2020 case. He served six months successful jailhouse for the bid violation.

Rodriguez is presently retired connected enslaved for the charges related to Comas' car, which helium has pleaded not blameworthy to, according to online tribunal records. He is scheduled to look successful tribunal connected April 14 for a pretrial conference.