St. Petersburg Police Department
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Oct 9, 2026
Kelly JenningsHOST
If my husband's listening.
Jim ChapmanHOST
[laughs] When confronted by St. Petersburg Police Department officers, Waldo reportedly spontaneously stated she just wanted to feel good, like I told you.
Jim ChapmanHOST
She was on top of a pallet directly across from an entrance to a construction site where multiple people were working at the time of the incident.
Jim ChapmanHOST
A cop noted that no articles of clothing were even found in the immediate area.
Kelly JenningsHOST
[laughs]
Jim ChapmanHOST
[laughs] When confronted by St. Petersburg Police Department officers, Waldo reportedly spontaneously stated she just wanted to feel good, like I told you.
Kelly JenningsHOST
Yeah.
Jim ChapmanHOST
She was on top of a pallet directly across from an entrance to a construction site, where multiple people were working at the time of the incident.
Kelly JenningsHOST
[laughs]
Jim ChapmanHOST
[laughs] When confronted by St. Petersburg Police Department officers, Waldo reportedly spontaneously stated she just wanted to feel good, like I told you.
Jim ChapmanHOST
She was on top of a pallet directly across from an entrance to a construction site where multiple people were working at the time of the incident.
Jim ChapmanHOST
A cop noted that no articles of clothing were even found in the immediate area.
EliHOST
And I wanted answers to these questions, so I went ahead and I submitted another records request for this case as well.
EliHOST
In this case, the St. Petersburg Police Department got back to me quickly, in like two or three days.
EliHOST
Quote, "Good morning.
EliHOST
Regarding SPPD report number one nine nine nine zero three three six nine two.
Paula ZietzelbergerSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Sometimes he would follow women just to see them get afraid and not do anything, or sometimes he'd just stare at women to see if he could make them nervous just to watch their nervous reaction.
speaker_1NARRATOR
Detective Paula Zietzelberger works in the St. Petersburg Police Department's sex crimes unit during Rhodes' crime spree.
speaker_1NARRATOR
She doesn't know it yet, but the case is about to consume her life.
Paula ZietzelbergerSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
When the impulse would strike him and the opportunity was there, he would act.
JackHOST
Then in 2016, investigators took another look into the case, finding that Morris had an extensive criminal history, including battery on law enforcement officers and various drug charges.
JackHOST
In late March of 2022, the St. Petersburg Police Department Cold Case Unit took Michael Schumister's pants out of property and evidence storage and tested the reversed pockets at the Pinellas County Forensics lab for DNA reevaluation.
JackHOST
On November 2nd of 2022, detectives received a response from the combined DNA index system, CODIS, that the DNA found on the inside of the front and rear pants pocket belonged to Patricia Morris.
JackHOST
The St. Petersburg Police Department said in a November 18th, 2022 press release that the case is now considered closed since the offender is no longer alive.
Paula ZietzelbergerSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Sometimes he would follow women just to see them get afraid and not do anything, or sometimes he'd just stare at women to see if he could make them nervous just to watch their nervous reaction.
speaker_3NARRATOR
Detective Paula Zietzelberger works in the St. Petersburg Police Department's sex crimes unit during Rhodes' crime spree.
speaker_3NARRATOR
She doesn't know it yet, but the case is about to consume her life.
Paula ZietzelbergerSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
When the impulse would strike him and the opportunity was there, he would act.
Paula ZietzelbergerSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Or sometimes he'd just stare at women to see if he could make them nervous just to watch their nervous reaction.
Trevor McDonaldHOST
Detective Paula Zietzelberger works in the St. Petersburg Police Department's sex crimes unit during Rhodes' crime spree.
Trevor McDonaldHOST
She doesn't know it yet, but the case is about to consume her life.
Paula ZietzelbergerSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
When the impulse would strike him and the opportunity was there, he would act.