Courts
Tri-County Inn murder suspect says 'nobody was left out'
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
HAMILTON — In Amber Rodriguez's murder trial Thursday, April 30, West Chester Police Detective Lori Beiser presented testimony. She introduced a videotape of the interview she conducted with Rodriguez after her arrest Nov 12.
Rodriguez is being tried as an adult in the stabbing death of Sabyasachi Debnath during the early morning hours of Nov. 12 at the Tri-County Inn, 10110 Princeton-Glendale Road.
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In the interview, Rodriguez described how she, her brother, Roger Whitten, 18, and Michael Douglass, 18, got to know Debnath over two days while staying at Tri-County Inn. While drinking with him in his room in the early hours of Nov 12, Rodriguez described how the older man first offered the three $10,000 to kill his brother-in-law and wife, then started flirting with her.
"He tried to get real close to me," she said. "He tried to disrespect me, too."
The situation got worse when the three tried to leave. The fight escalated, and all three suspects pulled out knives, she said.
"Everybody was involved," said Rodriguez on the tape. "Nobody was left out— everybody was involved."
At the end of the two-hour interview, Beiser asked Rodriguez if she regretted what happened.
'I think everybody wishes it didn't happen," she said.
