DRU SJODIN After recovery of student's body, hometown now hopes for justice

She was last seen alive Nov. 22.
PEQUOT LAKES, Minn. (AP) -- Feelings of anger, fear and pain fueled calls for justice in Dru Sjodin's hometown a day after the body of the University of North Dakota student was discovered in a ravine, marking a heartbreaking end to a five-month search.
The residents' target is Alfonso Rodriguez Jr., the man charged with kidnapping Sjodin.
"I've talked to a lot of people," said Dennis Weisman, 49, an usher at the nearby Crosslake Lutheran Church, which Sjodin's mother and stepfather attended.
"A lot of them want to string him up. They say, 'Make him suffer like she's suffered,'" Weisman told the Star Tribune of Minneapolis on Sunday.
Searchers found Sjodin's body Saturday morning near a county road northwest of Crookston. Sjodin, 22, was last seen alive Nov. 22 at a Grand Forks, N.D., shopping mall.
Innocent plea
Rodriguez, 51, has pleaded innocent, but could face a federal murder charge now that Sjodin's body has been found. The convicted sex offender was arrested in December and is jailed in Grand Forks, N.D., on $5 million bail.
Attorneys familiar with the case have said federal prosecutors probably will take over the case, although the top federal prosecutors in Minnesota and North Dakota have said that is too early to determine. Neither state has capital punishment, but federal law allows the death penalty for murder committed during a kidnapping.
Ralph Eggert, 41, who works at a local golf course, said Rodriguez should face the death penalty.
"They should bring back public hangings," he said.
Eggert also said he was discouraged because the tight-knit community of 1,800 people -- where everyone used to leave their doors unlocked and their keys in their vehicles -- has become paranoid because of the Sjodin case.