Chip Chick
After Savannah had spoken to Lee and gotten into his car, the security cameras at the Bonefish Grill pick up something terrifying.
“At 5:45 p.m., the video surveillance shows what appears to be a possible struggle inside of the vehicle,” the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said in a statement.
“Prior to leaving the parking lot, suspect Rodarte is observed walking to the victim’s vehicle, opening the drivers-side door of the vehicle, and leaning inside.”
Facebook; Savannah snaps a selfie, above
“Suspect Rodarte is observed returning to his vehicle and at 6:04 p.m., suspect Rodarte’s vehicle leaves the parking spot, and subsequently leaves the parking lot. At no time is the victim seen exiting the vehicle.”
The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office also explained in a live media briefing that during the struggle inside of Lee’s car, one of the car doors starts closing and opening, and the car shook.
Lee ended up getting out of the car after all of this, takes something out of Savannah’s car, and sticks an object into one of her tires to make it go flat. Then, he drives off.
Sadly, Savannah’s body was found a few days after she went missing in a lake at the end of Club Duclay Road.
Although Lee at first denied that he was ever at work the night Savannah went missing, the cameras proved him wrong.
He ended up admitting to murdering Savannah inside his car while in the parking lot before dumping her body in the lake.
“Lee Rodarte has pleaded guilty to Second-Degree Murder in the 2017 killing of Savannah Gold,” the Office of the State Attorney for the Fourth Judicial Circuit said in a press release.
“The Honorable Jeb Branham will formally sentence Rodarte in a hearing March 11, 2021. Per the terms of the negotiated agreement, Rodarte will receive 40 years in Florida State Prison.”
