{"id":1030749,"date":"2026-08-29T10:27:27","date_gmt":"2026-08-29T10:27:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1030749\/"},"modified":"2026-08-29T10:27:27","modified_gmt":"2026-08-29T10:27:27","slug":"nearly-20-years-later-no-answers-in-south-phoenix-homicide-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1030749\/","title":{"rendered":"Nearly 20 years later, no answers in south Phoenix homicide case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PHOENIX \u2014 After almost two decades without justice in the killing of a south Phoenix teen, family and Silent Witness are asking for the public\u2019s help in reviving the case.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Silent Witness poster, 18-year-old Andrew Rodriguez was found shot near the road on Nov. 7, 2007 near 1900 South 25th Avenue. His 1995 Chevrolet Tahoe was found burned near 1800 West Sherman Street.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, Rodriguez\u2019s family said they haven\u2019t heard anything about the case.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We heard from detectives for approximately 48 hours, and we have not heard anything for the last 19 years,\u201d his sister-in-law said.<\/p>\n<p>Rodriguez\u2019s mother said he was the baby of the family, but the biggest in stature, heart and care for those he loved.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Andrew was our everything. He was everything to us,\u201d she said. &#8220;He was the biggest heart.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Silent Witness is a third-party organization that allows anyone to <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/silentwitness.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">send in anonymous tips<\/a> via phone, app and online. Anyone with information is encouraged to reach out.<\/p>\n<p>            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1787999241_305_.png\" alt=\"Andrew Rodriguez Silent Witness Poster\"  width=\"1108\" height=\"1440\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Silent Witness<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">Want more news in your community? Add ABC15 as a preferred source on Google below:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.abc15.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/google-preferred-source-badge-light-en.png\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 30%;\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Null\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc15.com\/apps\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/liveplayerbanner1.png\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PHOENIX \u2014 After almost two decades without justice in the killing of a south Phoenix teen, family and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1030750,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5131],"tags":[5229,412233,5643,1587,5624,46916,1589,29636,56644,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":["post-1030749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-phoenix","tag-america","tag-andrew-rodriguez","tag-arizona","tag-az","tag-cold-case","tag-homicide-case","tag-phoenix","tag-silent-witness","tag-south-phoenix","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/117178327969482307","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1030749","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1030749"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1030749\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1030750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1030749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1030749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1030749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}