Roddrick Suttles
Victim: Female Adult
Case Summary
On October 2, 1983, Roddrick Suttles abused, tortured and raped his neighbor after she asked him to turn down his radio. Suttles beat, strangled and attempted to electrocute his victim. When she did not die, he slit her throat and left her for dead. Somehow, the victim was able to crawl out her back door and summon help. Miraculously, she survived her injuries. Suttles was convicted by a jury of multiple charges including attempted murder and rape. Suttles received a sentence of 37-100 years in prison. Unbelievably, he was paroled on November 18, 2010, after serving only 27 years in prison.
Roddrick Suttles Case
UPDATE: Unbelievably, The Ohio Parole Board granted parole to Roddrick Suttles. The parole board denied our request for a Full Board Hearing to urge them to reconsider their decision. Suttles was released on November 18, 2010 and is now off parole supervision. He was adjudicated a sexual predator and is required to register as a sex offender every 90 days. We continue to believe Roddrick Suttles is a very dangerous individual who presents a serious threat to the community. Thank you to everyone who submitted a petition to block his parole.
A Horrifying Assault
On October 2, 1983, a 22-year-old female neighbor invited Roddrick Suttles, a Youngstown, Ohio native who was residing in Columbus, into her home. She wanted to talk to Suttles because he and a neighbor were playing a radio very loud in the yard behind her apartment.
When the conversation became too personal, the woman asked Suttles to leave.
Suttles asked the woman, “Are you going to give it to me or am I going to take it?”
Suttles then struck the woman in the face, tightened a belt around her neck and dragged her into the kitchen.
Suttles grabbed a knife and forced her to perform a sex act while prodding her with the knife.
After assaulting the woman several times, Suttles forced the woman to crawl on her stomach to the living room. He made her bring him her purse and give him the $200 it contained.
Suttles proceeded to rape the woman.
Suttles retrieved electrical cords from several appliances and tied the woman to a towel rack in a dark bathroom.
When the woman thought Suttles had left, she tried to get free. Suttles then turned on the light and laughed at the woman.
Suttles forced the woman into the bathtub and asked her if she wanted hot or cold water.
The woman answered cold water and Suttles filled the tub with water. He then took a hair dryer, plugged it in, and threw it into the tub to electrocute her.
When there was no reaction, Suttles then threw another hair dryer into the tub. The woman felt the electric shock, however she did not lose consciousness.
When the woman did not die from the electrocution, Suttles got a larger knife and slashed her wrists and throat.
Suttles got a towel, soaked it in kerosene and tried to smother the woman.
When the woman did not die, Suttles poured kerosene into her mouth, over her head and into the gaping neck wound, which caused the woman to pass out.
Suttles fled the scene.
Somehow, the woman woke up and managed to work free of the electrical cords.
She crawled out the back door, nude and bleeding, and called out for help from her neighbors.
A doctor said the woman had lost half her blood supply by the time she was able to crawl out the door. Somehow, she survived.
Arrested and Convicted
Roddrick Suttles was located, arrested and indicted on charges of Murder, Rape x 2, Kidnapping and Aggravated Robbery. No one expected the victim would live, which is why Suttles was indicted for murder. When the woman survived, the murder charge was changed to attempted murder.
Suttles was convicted by jury on all counts and sentenced to 37-100 years for these horrific crimes.
Suttles was later ruled a sexual predator, the most dangerous of all sex offender classifications.
No Parole
Roddrick Suttles is an extremely vicious and sadistic criminal. It is a miracle that his victim survived her extensive and horrifying injuries. Releasing Roddrick Suttles at any point would be a complete injustice to the brave woman he attempted to kill. In order to further the interests of justice and to protect society, we urge the Ohio Parole Board to require that Suttles serve every day of his 100-year sentence for his incredibly brutal, violent crime.
To view Roddrick Suttles’ page on the Ohio sex offender registry, click here.
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