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Man Questioned On Potential Links To Mall Murders

POSTED: 3:50 pm EDT May 9, 2008
UPDATED: 5:57 pm EDT May 9, 2008

Police questioned a man arrested Friday at a Miami-area mall for possible links to the murders of a mother and daughter at a Boca Raton mall.

A shopper at the Aventura Mall north of Miami tipped police that she saw a man fitting the description of a sketch of the Boca Town Center suspect. Aventura police Capt. Skip Washa said that 27-year-old Robert Bodek of Miami was arrested for disorderly conduct and resisting arrest after becoming belligerent.

Investigators from the Boca Raton Police Department and Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office questioned Bodek for about three hours. He was booked on the two misdemeanor charges and would likely be released later Friday after posting bond, Washa said.

Bodek resembles a police sketch of the Boca mall killer and had in his possession a pair of sunglasses and a floppy hat similar to those in the sketch, Washa said. He listed his occupation as student and has no previous Florida arrest record.

The arrest came a day after the release of surveillance video of a suspicious man following a woman and child on April 30 at Aventura Mall. Bodek acknowledged he had been in the mall a week ago but was with his mother at the time, according to a police affidavit.

The bodies of Nancy Bochicchio, 47, and her 7-year-old daughter Joey were discovered in their car outside the Boca mall in December. Nancy Bochicchio had a pair of swimming goggles covered with black cloth over her eyes and she was bound with plastic ties.

A second mother and young child were abducted in August in a similar fashion at the Boca mall but the man let them go after an hours-long ordeal. That woman was presented with a photo lineup including Bodek's picture Friday, according to her attorney, but police did not immediately announce the results.

The city of Boca Raton has offered a $350,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction in the murder case.


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