Post by Anja on Aug 14, 2006 3:45:32 GMT -5
West Side man could face death penalty in murder of widow
A West Side man could face the death penalty after being convicted of
aggravated murder and other charges in the stabbing death of a North Side
widow in 2003.
The 10-woman, 2-man sequestered jury deliberated nearly 2 days in Franklin
County Common Pleas Court before convicting Fred Woodard, 35, formerly of
Schultz Avenue, of murdering Nancy Beamenderfer, 63. They found him guilty
of multiple charges of aggravated murder, aggravated burglary, aggravated
robbery and kidnapping.
The penalty phase of his trial will begin Wednesday.
Fred Woodard, 35, formerly of Schultz Avenue, could face the death penalty
or life in prison after jurors hear more evidence in Columbus police built
a circumstantial case against Woodard, a cook and compulsive gambler, when
several people identified him from a video surveillance photo taken at a
bank ATM machine on March 5, 2003. It shows Woodard using the victim's
debit card to withdraw cash about 90 minutes after police believe she was
killed. Although police believe Woodard did not act alone, no one else was
charged in her slaying.
The victim's credit card was used by Woodard and his sister-in-law at a
local restaurant a day after her body was discovered. She told jurors
Woodard confessed to the murder. Two jail inmates also testified that
Woodard implicated himself in the robbery before his trial before Judge
Richard S. Sheward.
A coroner testified Beamenderfer was tortured, probably for her ATM pin
numbers, before her neck was broken and her throat was slashed twice.
(source: COlumbus Dispatch)
A West Side man could face the death penalty after being convicted of
aggravated murder and other charges in the stabbing death of a North Side
widow in 2003.
The 10-woman, 2-man sequestered jury deliberated nearly 2 days in Franklin
County Common Pleas Court before convicting Fred Woodard, 35, formerly of
Schultz Avenue, of murdering Nancy Beamenderfer, 63. They found him guilty
of multiple charges of aggravated murder, aggravated burglary, aggravated
robbery and kidnapping.
The penalty phase of his trial will begin Wednesday.
Fred Woodard, 35, formerly of Schultz Avenue, could face the death penalty
or life in prison after jurors hear more evidence in Columbus police built
a circumstantial case against Woodard, a cook and compulsive gambler, when
several people identified him from a video surveillance photo taken at a
bank ATM machine on March 5, 2003. It shows Woodard using the victim's
debit card to withdraw cash about 90 minutes after police believe she was
killed. Although police believe Woodard did not act alone, no one else was
charged in her slaying.
The victim's credit card was used by Woodard and his sister-in-law at a
local restaurant a day after her body was discovered. She told jurors
Woodard confessed to the murder. Two jail inmates also testified that
Woodard implicated himself in the robbery before his trial before Judge
Richard S. Sheward.
A coroner testified Beamenderfer was tortured, probably for her ATM pin
numbers, before her neck was broken and her throat was slashed twice.
(source: COlumbus Dispatch)