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Left inset: Tommy Rodriguez (Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office). Right inset: Isabella Comas (Avondale Police Department). Background: Isabella Comas’ Hyundai Sonata that Tommy Rodriguez was allegedly caught cruising around in after she disappeared (Avondale PD).
In a chilling investigation, the boyfriend of a missing 21-year-old woman from Arizona has been linked to her disappearance after being found with her blood-stained car, which had a missing passenger seat. This unsettling discovery comes after his previous threats to a former girlfriend, as per court records, where he stated he would “cut her husband into pieces.”
The Avondale Police Department has identified Tommy Rodriguez, 39, as a person of interest in the case of Isabella Comas, who vanished earlier this year. According to police reports, Rodriguez was apprehended while allegedly driving Comas’ Hyundai Sonata in the area of Globe, merely hours after her last known sighting.
Rodriguez’s criminal history adds a darker dimension to the case. He was previously convicted of murder and is currently serving probation due to a 2020 stalking charge involving another former partner, local ABC affiliate KNXV reports.
The car was later abandoned in Phoenix, its passenger seat conspicuously absent, and contained a “large quantity of blood,” according to Avondale Police Public Information Officer Jaret Redfearn. He confirmed this harrowing detail to Law&Crime, adding a grim note to the investigation on Tuesday.
“The evidence found in the vehicle, especially the significant amount of blood and the missing front passenger seat, leads our detectives to believe that Miss Comas suffered a severe injury, possibly fatal if not treated,” Redfearn disclosed. The blood was unequivocally identified as belonging to Comas, heightening concerns about her fate.
Police said in a January press release that Comas was last seen “leaving a friend’s residence” near 11120 W. Van Buren Street in Avondale on Jan. 11. She was driving her Sonata that day and “has not been seen or heard from since,” according to cops.
“She was last seen wearing a baggy navy-blue shirt, blue pants with a white stripe down the side, and sandals,” the police release said. “Surrounding law enforcement agencies have been notified, and area hospitals, cab companies, and emergency services have been contacted with negative results.”
Police say they used surveillance footage and phone data to catch Rodriguez driving Comas’ car. Data from the Life360 app tracked Comas’ phone allegedly moving between Avondale, Rodriguez’s Phoenix residence, and an industrial area in El Mirage that evening before it was found at a Phoenix recycling center on Jan. 12.
Rodriguez was named as a person of interest on Jan. 15 and was arrested on multiple charges, including theft of means of transportation and criminal damage, following the discovery of Comas’ car.
“Tommy, you know 100% where she is,” Comas’ mother told KNXV.
Redfearn said, “Based on our investigation to date, Tommy Rodriguez remains a person of interest in this case and is believed to be connected to Isabella Comas’ disappearance.”
Court documents obtained by KNXV this week reveal that Rodriguez has a prior murder conviction and pleaded guilty to stalking, with the stalking case involving a previous girlfriend who was threatened by him.
Rodriguez told the woman in 2020 he would “cut her husband into pieces” if he couldn’t be with her, according to the documents. Rodriguez pleaded guilty to violating an order of protection after the stalking conviction and is still on probation for the 2020 case. He served six months in jail for the order violation.
Rodriguez is currently out on bond for the charges related to Comas’ car, which he has pleaded not guilty to, according to online court records. He is scheduled to appear in court on April 14 for a pretrial conference.