Charges dropped in case against boyfriend of missing Avondale woman

AVONDALE, Ariz. — Charges against the boyfriend of a missing Avondale woman have been dismissed without prejudice. 

Charges against 39-year-old Tommy Rodriguez from Phoenix for allegedly stealing and damaging Comas’s car were dismissed Wednesday, according to court documents. 

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Comas’s car was found near 67th Avenue and Indian School Road.

Police had also identified Rodriguez as a “person of interest” in Comas’s disappearance. 

Comas, 21, was last seen leaving a friend’s house in a red Hyundai Sonata near Van Buren Street and Avondale Boulevard on Jan. 11 around 3 p.m. 

That same day, she was seen on surveillance video at a QuikTrip gas station down the road wearing a white t-shirt with a black logo on the front.

She was reported missing to Avondale Police after she did not pick up her friend for work the next day. Comas also did not show up for work, and she was unable to be contacted by phone.

Authorities recently announced that Comas’ phone was found at a recycling center in Phoenix on Jan. 12.

“There were factors in her disappearance in the initial investigation that led our investigators to believe her disappearance, there might have been foul play involved,” Avondale Police Public Information Officer Jaret Redfearn said.

Comas is a Hispanic woman who is 5 feet 3 inches tall and weighs 110 pounds. She has brown eyes and pink hair, and was last seen wearing a white shirt with a black logo on the front, blue pants with a white line going down the side, and possibly wearing sandals. 

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