Alfonso Rodriguez Junior is on his way to death row.

The Crookston, Minnesota man sentenced to death for the killing of U-N-D student Dru Sjodin was moved out of the Cass County Jail this morning.

His official checkout time was 8:16 a-m.

Chief Deputy Jim Thoreson says Rodriguez spent 1,022 days in the jail.

He says that's by far the longest an inmate has spent there.

A federal jury last fall convicted the 54-year-old Rodriguez of kidnapping resulting in the 2003 death of the 22-year-old Sjodin, from Pequot Lakes, Minnesota.

The same jury voted unanimously for the death penalty and U-S District Judge Ralph Erickson made it official earlier this month.

Rodriguez will await his execution at a federal prison in Terre Haute, Indiana. watch the video | save this article / add to your favorites list