The I-5 Killer /// Part 2 /// 314 | Forensic Files

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[Music] when we left off yesterday captain we were introducing to everyone an individual by the name of Randy
Woodfield and he came to the attention of police because they were investigating a homicide that took place
his name was connected to the victim they were able to prove through witnesses that Randy Woodfield knew the
victim and they strongly believed that whoever killed Julie Reitz knew her right so he worked with her at a bar at
some point and it also believed that he possibly went on a date or at least pursued her was interested in dating her
and police found several pieces of evidence at the crime scene itself at the murder scene to suggest that whoever
killed Julie writes she let the killer into her home and spent some time speaking and spending time with this
individual before the murder occurred now he is put himself in the hot seat because when they go to interview Randy
and talk to him at his apartment he says he did not know her mm-hm and they have
proof of otherwise so now they're very interested in taking him down to the department where they can further
question him and maybe turn the heat up a little bit on this guy so let's find out more about Randy Woodfield real
quick he was born in December of 1950 in Salem Oregon he grew up in Auto Rock Oregon he is the third child of a
upper-middle class family so we're on last week's episode we were talking about children growing up with
disadvantages this is not that situation this guy he had every advantage out there going for him he was an upper
middle class family he had a good family and then on top of that he was the he was a gifted athlete oh yeah he was a
white male yeah and he was a football star at the Newport high school now he was also a basketball star he played
baseball he was on the track team this was the athletic darling of the high school now he did have some
problems and these were problems that he caused himself Woodfield began to exhibit sexual dysfunctional behaviors
during junior high school this is because he was exposing himself in public and this can go and tell ya or
show no tell ya this continued when he went to high school as well but there there are different variations of the
following statement depending on who you talk to but it's believed that that there may have been football coaches or
maybe even his parents or people in the community that tried to conceal these incidences after he got caught they
didn't want him to be ousted or removed from the football team yeah which is pathetic well it's absolutely pathetic
but the reason why I wanted to point out that there's different variations of that is I don't know one which is true
and two a lot of times especially back way back then this was not it was not uncommon for something like this to be
committed by a minor to be swept under the rug and not necessarily just for the sake of this kid to play football after
graduating high school Woodfields criminal record was expunged so he did get brought to charges on some of this
his parents on the record state that they forced him to attend therapy over the incident that he was convicted of I
wonder if there was some kind of trauma in his childhood or something like this you know do we know his religious
background was he raised Catholic was just there's something where it's like him exposing himself and middle school
in high school where is that coming from it may not have to stem from anything that happened to him he could just be
sexually dysfunctional right correct yeah after graduating high school whatever criminal record he had at the time was
expunged he went on to attend Portland State University in Portland in 1970 this is where he played for the Portland
State Vikings and he played wide receiver he was an offensive football player this would carry him to the NFL
he was that talented of a receiver do we know what team he played for once he made it to the NFL he he was drafted by
the Green Bay Packers so he was drafted in the 1974 NFL Draft by the Green Bay Packers he chose to drop out of college
this is just shortly before graduating he was attending school seeking a degree in physical education but when offered
the position in the National Football League he dropped out of school is there any record of him pulling out his dingy
poison then I fell well his career did not last very long so he was drafted in the 17th round with
the 428 sick yeah well we got to keep in mind you know I'm a die-hard NFL guy the
NFL back then in the 70s was not what it is today right one you didn't have the number of teams that we currently have
so they had they that alone made them have a lot more rounds for drafting and this too because believe it or not they
didn't pay extremely well it wasn't like he went to the NFL and you were a millionaire like you are today
that was not a guarantee and people that were were drafted later and just not as
good they made about as much money as people that had regular jobs or regular you know if you went to college and had
a degree probably make more money you might make a little more so we already said that 1980 the national average
salary was roughly thirteen to fourteen thousand so when he signed with the Green Bay Packers he did sign a contract
his contract was for sixteen thousand dollars and this is 1974 now this did allow for some incentives
should he perform extremely well so he had the opportunity to make more money but on top of that - I think that they
were having so many rounds for drafting these players I believed it in 73 74 there may have been a strike as well so
now they need to fill rosters because people players are saying we're not going to play for any number of reasons
his I have a scouting report here which I find interesting so they Randy Woodfield wide receiver he's listed
depending on where you look at six foot or six foot one 170 pounds played for Portland State born December 26 1950 he
was timed at four point seven in the 40-yard dash notes on player cuts on a dime has good hands and catches well in
crowd fluid and smooth hustles and is a good jumper he pulls out his provided yogurt slinger faster than anybody well
in that is it's generally believed that that's why he was cut from the team that
these these incidences where he's exposing himself or allegations of such continued even once he joined the Green
Bay Packers he technically did not ever play a game for them he was signed to a contract and eventually cut I believe
that the Green Bay Packers official stance on this and statement on this is that he just was not good enough to make
the team right I don't know if this is another situation and I'm not I want to be very very clear I'm not accusing the
Green Bay Packers of anything I don't know if this is another situation where maybe there were others somebody
somewhere covering up or not reporting these these you know incidences because he was an NFL player well it's a great
way not to get tackled though this is true this is true so he was in the NFL and for any number of
reasons that you choose to believe he was cut from the team personally I believe it probably included some of
these flashing incidences one thing that I found interesting regarding his short
time with the team is they offered him a flight a paid flight to get to their training camp to which he turned down
and chose to drive and make his own way there and I'm not know don't want to suggest anything but go ahead and
suggest it I just I just wonder if he chose that because he intended on exposing himself for committing any type
of crimes along the way it just or he could just been afraid of flying I don't know but I found that I found that to be
interesting now after he was let go from the team he did stick around a little bit and played on their farm team but
ultimately he's let go and he returns home back to Portland this is where Randy's going to get into more trouble
in early 1965 there were several Portland women who were basically attacked while they were in a park and
the way that these attacks would go down is it would start off as a robbery the offender would find an individual a
female walking by herself approached them with a knife threatened them take their pocketbook during the
course of the attack there was some type of sexual assault this went on long enough and there were
enough of these attacks that police decided hey we're gonna have to figure out who this guy is and we're gonna have
to come up with some good strategy to do something about it you know so they come
up with a sting operation and they take a female police officer put her in plainclothes
she signs up for this and god bless her because you have to be brave to do this first of all you know that the person
committing this crime is threatening and bringing a weapon to the attack oh yeah
on top of that you're out there by yourself and the other officers that are going to assist you in the
sting operation they have to be a good deal of a ways away right because they can't risk being seen by the potential
attacker so this is a very brave officer who puts herself in harm's way potentially goes out into these parks
and walks alone and it doesn't take very long until she is robbed and attacked I
don't know 100 percent of the details of the attack or if it was if she was able
to thwart the attack and just put it to an end right but one interesting thing that they did was when she would go out
there remember robbery was a big part of these attacks so they put numbered bills
they issued numbered bills and put him in her pocketbook each time that way even if the attacker got away yeah they
could trace the bill and then maybe try to figure out who this individual is this sting operation results in the
arrest of Randy Woodfield so he is charged with not only robberies but he's charged with sexual assaults as well no
Creepo he ultimately pled guilty to reduce charges of second degree robbery and Woodfield was sentenced to ten years
in prison he did he served five of those years or four and a half somewhere in that ballpark but he didn't do the full
ten years here was the problem that we have psychologists that were making suggestions regarding the charges for
Randy Woodfield at least the charges he was facing not what he pled guilty to but the sexual aspect of those crimes
the psychologists were pointing out that that was the driving force they believed
that was the driving force for the way that Randy Woodfield was acting out right before the actual robbery so the
driving force is sexual not the actual robbery correct that that just goes along with the whole rest of the attack
mind you especially in the in the mid 70s in our country one thing we were really big on trying to do was
rehabilitating offenders and treating criminals to try to make them not be criminals and make them be good citizens
and a lot of that reason is one the mindset at the time is that a lot of people they just need to be
rehabilitated they just need treatment they don't need prison bars they don't know the prison
walls opportunities as well right but on top of that you have an extenuating circumstance of a lot of these prisons
where were full there's no more room left so you have to really push the angle of trying to treat and
rehabilitate these individuals to try to lessen the population lessen the prison
population and why he's in prison I wonder how many times he's you know pulling it out I from all four and a
half years that's a lot of pulling it out well from all of the records that I could find he was a he had a good record
he was a good model inmate let's say he had some infractions the flapping in the
wind the one infraction that stands out is he had illegal shoes then somebody had sent him basketball shoes now in the
prison where he was housed at the time they were to be in prison uniform right from head to toe he chose to not wear
the issued shoes and he had shoes brought in this he says because he had bad ankles and he he needed he required
basketball type or tennis shoes to wear so that was his only infraction he was a
bit of a jerk about some of the the prison rules like he one thing that didn't make sense to him was why should
he get penalized for bringing in the illegal shoes when you have other inmates that are that are getting away
with bringing in drugs right to the prison so he had a big problem with that I don't know that he would have had to
expose himself to get any kind of satisfaction or whatever the hell he was looking for when he started doing that
in the first place one the population is May and that doesn't seem to be his victim
type right but to his other complaint about prison was that there were female employees that worked at the prison and
he said sometimes these employees were in a position where they would see inmates showering or using the restroom
and we're on the outside he would tell us that he has a big problem with that that doesn't seem to go along with
flashing your junk off a bridge to some some girls in the park right it just doesn't does not add up Hey look
at my potato so now we are questioning Randy Woodfield about this murder that took place of Julie rights yeah so they
want to know everything they know that he knows or everything that could possibly link him to their case he does
seem somewhat cooperative once he's back at police headquarters answering their questions where he starts to waffle on
being cooperative is when they say look this is very easy we just need a blood sample hair sample and take a polygraph
test and we can just clear you and we'll move on with our investigation so this he says you know what before we do any
of that jazz let's I think I need to call my attorney yeah these detectives are not idiots they're
going to call Randy's bluff they save no problem what's his name what's his number we will call him for you
to which he says maybe I don't maybe we don't need to involve my attorney and they continue on with their questioning
they want to know how well he knew Julie rights because eventually he does admit
to knowing her so now we're going down the path a little further right no but how does that work I mean maybe you
don't know but it's say how does he backtrack on that one Oh wily oh yeah I know Julie I'm
guessing that he would feel like he was backed in a corner at the and he has to offer them up something
because now they're not he's on their turf now and they're not gonna they're not gonna back off until he like so you
see what I mean like there's a there's a big difference between somebody coming to the revelation themselves or getting
backed into the corner where now the law enforcement officers know that he was lying about something right and he cut
he does try to present this in some form that could be perceived as believable he
doesn't admit to knowing her until he is shown a picture of Julie okay and he's going to add to that that yeah he knew
her but not very well and that I think he even said that he was unaware of her last name right which is very possible
if you work in a bar or a social setting where you might not interact with your coworkers really well he's also going to
provide an alibi for the night that Julie Wright's was murdered he was somewhat in the area and they were able
to determine that because he stayed or at least booked a hotel room that was a few towns away let's say so he wasn't
terribly far but his alibi is look I went out I went to this bar this bar this bar this bar went to bar hopping
and I met a girl along the way and she tagged along with me for the rest of the night he never really puts himself much
closer the need be with with this very flimsy alibi he's unable to provide them with the full name of the girl that was
tagging along with him on his adventure I think her name was Sarah maybe was Katie I don't know Olivia well
when they're trying to figure out what kind of relationship acquaintances or otherwise did Randy and Julie have one
question they want to know is did the two of you ever have intercourse did you ever have sex together to which he says
no now we're going to circle back around to we want your hair we want your blood
and we want to do a polygraph and we want your fake hair as well and he is going to play along with this for a
while and pretend that he is going to do that mm-hmm here is where things take a
turn they contact his parole officer because after they after he comes in they already knew he had a record but
this record states that it was for a robbery remember he pled guilty to second-degree robbery right when they
contact his parole officer they learned a couple of things that are very interesting one the parole officer
informs them that yes he he did confess to second-degree robbery but these crimes all had a sexual aspect to him
and then secondly they figure out that he's not living where he was where he told his parole officer that he was to
be living he had not informed the parole officer that he had moved right so now he's already in violation of said parole
and he's playing from behind the eight-ball at this point the parole officer also informs the officers that
Randy Woodfield was a suspect in in a couple of other homicides that took place just months before really these
were women that he knew at one time in his life and he was questioned in both of those incidences so one of the crimes
took place this was the murder of sherry Ayers this took place and then you have
a month later the murder of Darci fix and her boyfriend now that both of these attacks and murders occurred in the
homes of the victims this is why these crimes would not immediately be tied to who they are looking for as far as the
i-5 killer goes because the i-5 killer goes into a business and attacks and kills their yeah this is what's so
interesting about this case and about this good detective work we have two detectives that are looking to solve the
murder of Julie rights they are speaking to Randy Woodfield regarding the murder
of Julie rights their whole intent at this point is to I their connect him to the murder of Julie
rights or to clear him and move on and try to find a better suspect right the problem here though is they get this
information from the parole officer now there's so much more intrigued with this
guy they don't believe him to be truthful they believe that his answers are evasive and now he's not cooperating
he doesn't want to submit blood hair or to the polygraph then upon further questioning now we have a very nervous
and a very scared Randy Woodfield he's starting to show the officers that he's nervous he's starting to show them that
he is afraid of their questions rather than showing as Peter now being backed into a corner
he points out to them look I'm not going to give you the polygraph I'm not going
to give you hair I'm not going to give you blood I didn't even know that Julie Wright's was murdered and tool you guys
came here and told me and into which he follows up with just because I had sex with her does not mean that I killed her
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[Music] all right we're back cheers mate cheers to you captain what we are seeing here is what we've
seen in other cases that we've discussed before when pushed into the corner when
backed into the corner we have individuals where their story starts to change and maybe you're getting a little
more of the truth or you're getting a bunch of more lies so in this situation Randy is now
changing his story the investigators are telling him your story is not adding up
you said one thing here and another thing there and then on top of that you are in a minor it is a minor violation
of his parole but he is in violation of that parole to which they are going to really push the issue of the test they
want the blood test the hair test in the polygraph test mm-hmm Randy Woodfield and forms the officers that he would
prefer to go back to prison than to submit and subject himself to those tests that seems like an odd thing to
say no if you're innocent and these three tests can clear you of this murder why would you go yeah I'll just go back
to prison yeah doesn't seem doesn't seem to make any sense where if they convict you that's where
you're going anyways it's very strange well all of this weirdness and then him not being cooperative will ultimately
lead to a search warrant and I believe that I said earlier that he may have been living in Eugene Oregon he did move
around a little bit but by the time of the questioning he had an apartment in Springfield Oregon and this is where
they are going to serve this search warrant and find some items inside that apartment what they discovered is a
spent 32 caliber shell casing they found this inside of a racquetball bag remember this matches the caliber of
some of our crimes that we've discussed yeah the other thing here too is when we
were discussing the offender or the profile that was put together of the offender
they had mentioned that he was wearing driving gloves they open up in the back they did confiscate some racquetball
gloves from his apartment that were similar in description right to what they had probably the most interesting
thing that they found in his apartment was a roll of tape this was actually a box there was a box that contained
several rolls of adhesive tape some of the rolls were used and a couple of the rolls were missing from the box what
kind of tape was as I now that we know that he was an athlete I kind of wondered if this was some kind of tape
that was used to like back in the 70s and 80s a lot of people that played football with like tape their fingers up
taped their hands up my guess I've never seen the tape and throughout some of the
different attacks and murders it's described differently you know sometimes a band-aid sometimes surgical tape
sometimes adhesive tape yeah when it's confiscated and rule simply describes it in her book the i-5 killer as adhesive
tape what I'm envisioning is what you just said that white tape that strong white tape that you see football players
wrapping around their ankles it's almost like electrical tape boxers wrapping it
around their their knuckles mm-hmm so yes that's what I'm picturing the the great thing here for the detectives it
seems they were they were ultimately searching for a gun they did find evidence that Randy Woodfield had guns
or had access to guns but they never found a gun in his apartment they found like a receipt for a gun purchase the
caliber didn't match any from the attacks and they found a gun cleaning kit yeah but see here's what I wonder if
you find a receipt for a gun but you can't find that gun does that prove to you on some level that this guy
purchases guns then gets rid of them well that would be your suspicion but you're looking for the gun that matches
the description in the caliber and the ballistics for the crimes that you know were committed again I want everybody to
keep in mind when they serve this search warrant these two detectives are not looking for the i-5 killer
they are looking for whoever killed Julie Wright's right it was not until they found the box of the adhesive tape
that the alarm bell started going off because the detectives were well aware of the search for the i5 bandit in the
i-5 killer but they had never linked that individual to the murder of Julie rights
it seems different right it seems 100% different the cool thing here is Randy Woodfield seems very concerned why they
want that tape why would you bother out of all the things to take from my apartment why do you bother taking tape
from my apartment mm-hmm this is going to lead to a domino effect that all of this is happening very quickly but they
are able to they have his mugshot Randy Woodfield smoke shot they already know all these jurisdictions that are looking
for the i5 bandit or the i-5 killer or both so now they're going to send out their information that they have on
Randy Woodfield with a picture of of his mug shot from the first time he served in prison as well as some general
information that they know about him mind you what was he driving at the time a VW Bug they send out this information
and what we have is lisa garcia she will positively identify Randy Woodfield in a
photo lineup Lisa Garcia is somebody that was robbed by the i5 bandit mm-hmm so shortly after the search of his
apartment Randy Woodfield is taken into custody this is depending on where you read and look into this case you're
gonna get some variations of why they took him in I'll cut I'll cut out all the crap here they took him in simply
because they knew he violated his parole that's what we're gonna bring you in on
that's what we're gonna hold you on all this stuff that we collected from your apartment could just be a coincidence we
have to prove that it is some type of evidence then once he is in their custody this is
when we get lisa garcia that comes forward and positively identifies him as the robber as the person that robbed her
this is also compounded with several other organ robbery victims coming forward positively identifying Randy
Woodfield as their attacker so this is not just one witness now we have multiple victims coming forward the
other thing that they're going to figure out through the course of their investigation and evidence that was
collected at Randy Woodfields apartment there was a roll of tape that they found
that matched tape that was found on the victims not only did it match by how it was made the materials used to make it
it also lined up to the point where some of the tear marks met up with the tear marks on a piece that was found on one
of the victims so what we out of here is yeah we have a guiding situation guiding
he is taken into custody custody on March 7th and it's just nine days later on March 16th that indictments for
murder rape sodomy attempted kidnapping armed robbery and illegal possession of firearms are initiated this from
multiple jurisdictions in both of the states of Washington and Oregon so how does his trial pan out the trial takes
place in the summer of 1981 and ultimately Randy Woodfield was tried for murder and attempted murder
this is stemming from the TransAmerican tidal building attack that we discussed in which Sherri Hall was murdered and
Beth Wilmont survived the problem for Randy here is they do have some evidence linking him
to this crime but what's going to really seal the deal is Beth Wilmont survived the attack yeah and she was also able to
sit in front of the jury describe the attack to the jury and points a Randy Woodfield as being the assailant and
being the murderer of her friend yeah on June 26 six 1989 it took about three and a half
hours of deliberation but what field was convicted on all counts and he was sentenced to life in prison plus 90
years a few months later there was a second trial that was being held this was in relation to the sexual assault
charge from the drive-in restaurant where he walked into the restroom and locked the door behind him yell in this
trial he you know there is some evidence again but mainly it's the living witness
that comes forward that helps the prosecution get Randy the conviction for which he receives an additional 35 years
that is added on to his already and stated sentence so he so he got life plus 90 plus 35 plus 35 and but that I
see or what it's claiming on the interwebs is a life imprisonment plus 165 so I wonder if there was another
case brought against him the thing here to that's a little weird is and you will
find this in several parts of the country especially during this time frame mmm but they really have trouble
narrowing down how many potential victims murder victims Randy Woodfield could have mmm the big problem with him
is he he struck so fast his his he was so rapid between attacks there was a very short cooling-off period for this
serial killer mm-hmm I've seen numbers anywhere from 12 possible victims all the way up to 44 yeah I've seen the 8 18
to 44 and despite the apparent links with countless other crimes and which include homicides what field would
actually not be prosecuted for the majority of the crimes that it is believed that he may have committed
right and this is because he's not getting out of prison you've already discussed
lengthy prison sentence and the state was unable to afford these additional trials for what are crimes that are
generally considered by victims families and law enforcement to be closed cases yeah and I think law enforcement can
close them on some level and I think as long as that's you know because you don't want to have all these trials and
give this guy more attention than he deserves and then spend more money on then on these trials than he deserves
and I think as long as the detectives could come to a consensus of here's the evidence and we can prove it to the
family and that gives the family closure on that level a hypothetical question for you okay
so you you're on trial it doesn't matter if you're innocent or guilty right but you're on trial and you get sentenced to
life imprisonment plus 165 what's your reaction what's my it is going to matter if I'm
guilty or innocent my reaction okay if I'm guilty you kind of right you're like okay yeah I did this [ __ ] okay if you're
anis if I'm innocent I'm I'm outraged you're you're in hell any statement given to the courtroom no I know because
you you're hoping and you're betting on some Appeals during that you know to to right the wrong if you are in fact
innocent yeah so I would refrain from acting like a jackass in the court which is going to be brought up time and time
again which would also that be law enforcement the prosecutors pointing out look at the temper
how can you not but look how he behaved how can you not believe that he would be
a violent individual or murder people so so now you're the judge right and I want
you to sentence me to life imprisonment plus 65 years scene go I hereby sentence you to life
imprisonment plus a hundred and sixty five years so you're saying there's a chance
that's that would be my reply whether I was innocent or guilty that would be my reply
well Randy Woodfield has never confessed to any crimes okay and he has he's even
gone as far to proclaim his innocence yeah there's a book out there called the serial killer letters a penetrating look
inside the minds of murderers and this is where several serial killers or alleged serial killers depending on how
you want to look at it share letters become pen pals with the author and in some of Randy Woodfields letters to the
author he states that not only is he not guilty but he he's innocent and furthermore he has a suspect in mind for
these crimes and he says that Larry more likely committed one or many of these murders the letters themselves you can
actually find some of them on the internet because I think for whatever reason after the author was done with
these letters somehow they ended up being sold on the internet I don't know how that came about but so these are not
super uncommon letters there is one that stands out more than others and that's the one where he outrightly names Larry
Moore as being the i-5 killer or who he suspects of being the i-5 killer I've read all these letters in this
correspondence and not all of them have to do with him proclaiming his innocence
but within some of those letters it seems weird because it seems at times like he's willing to say that maybe his
general theory mm-hmm and it's tough to to to deduce this just from the letters because he doesn't out rightly say this
is what actually happened but you can pull bits and pieces from it and it appears to me
like he is willing to admit to being the i-5 bandit to which he is actually saying that the i-5 bandit in the i-5
killer are two separate criminals right and that he might be good for some of these i5 bandit cases but he's not good
for any of these i-5 killer cases so which he points out that Larry Moore would be a better suspect to be the i-5
killer well who is Larry Moore why would he suggest that Larry Moore could be the
i-5 killer Larry Moore was convicted of the Oregon Museum Tavern shooting which took place on may 7th 1981 so it's all
about the same time period right in this case we have Larry Moore who basically walks into a bar with a rabbi and a
priest pulls a gun on the bartender shoots at the bartender and then turns the gun on several of the patrons at the
tavern he shoots multiple people this is a mass shooting really is what it is now
thankfully for a lot of the people there or at least some of the people there he
has a handgun that at some point he has to reload and the patrons that were being fired upon realized once he had to
reload that gun let's get this guy and they charged him and they take him down he's arrested on the scene unfortunately
the killing spree ended with three people dying at the scene it also injured 20 others one of these people
died in the hospital later that night and then there was a gentleman that he died nearly thirty two years later from
injuries that he suffered on that day so you have Randy Woodfield who is going to
point to this other killer as being the actual killer there is some problems with that though because we do know that
in 2001 and in 2006 Randy Woodfield was linked by DNA we don't need your confession buddy he was linked by DNA
test - two additional murders in Oregon that occurred in 1980 and 1981 I think that
it's fair to put his number somewhere around that 12 marker seems appropriate it but the scary thing here is it almost
seems like that might be a very conservative number we have a gentleman from the Portland Police Bureau this is
Jim Lawrence he's a cold-case detective when asked to describe the i-5 killer he says he
killed and then five weeks later he killed again then it was three weeks then two weeks I believe that it would
have soon been every few days he was like the boogeyman in April of 1987 Randy Woodfield filed a 12
million-dollar libel suit against author and rule the true crime author who had written the i-5 killer which is the
account of Randy Woodfields life and crime spree which became a best-selling book in 1984 the federal court and
Oregon dismissed the lawsuit in January of 1988 thankfully Randy Woodfield is serving his sentences at the Oregon
State Penitentiary Airy and Salem and he is never ever getting out of prison [Music]
all right thank you guys so much for joining us another week in the garage and thank you so much for telling a
friend and sharing on social media I want to pay tribute to the late great and role if anyone would like to look
further into this case the source everyone goes to is the true crime book the i-5 killer by anne rule that will be
our recommended reading for this week and you can find that title as well as others listed on our recommended page at
true crime garage calm and rule is one of the best true crime authors of the last 50 years when she started out
captain writing true crime books way back in 1969 editors and publishers told her that no one wants to read true crime
written by a female author so for years she was published using the pen name andy stack so they told her she couldn't
be a successful female true crime author and by god she did it as well as any and
better than most so cheers to the late great Andrew land cheers to all of you out there until next time be good be
kind and don't live [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music]

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Brief Summary

Randy Woodfield, the I-5 killer, is discussed, detailing his crimes, arrest, and conviction for multiple murders and assaults.

Key points

Randy Woodfield's Dark Past. Randy Woodfield, a gifted athlete, had a troubling history of sexual misconduct.
NFL Dreams Cut Short. Randy Woodfield was drafted by the Green Bay Packers but never played a game.
Brave Sting Operation. A female officer goes undercover to catch a serial robber and sexual assaulter.
Randy Woodfield's Arrest. After a search warrant, detectives find incriminating evidence linking Woodfield to multiple crimes.
Trial and Conviction. Randy Woodfield is convicted of murder and sentenced to life plus 90 years.
The Mystery of the I-5 Killer. Woodfield's potential victim count ranges from 12 to 44, raising questions about unprosecuted crimes.

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