Convicted in Ohio (January 1964) for the July 1963 rape and murder of 85-year-old Margaret Van Arsdale. Originally sentenced to death (overturned); convicted of second-degree murder and eventually paroled.
Background
John Elmer Woodards (1939โ2011) was convicted of second-degree murder in Ohio in 1964 and later paroled. He died in Pennsylvania in 2011.
Sources & Verification
Convicted in Ohio of second-degree murder (1964). Paroled. Died February 17, 2011 in Delta, York County, Pennsylvania (cremated). Find a Grave memorial 149605503: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/149605503/john-elmer-woodards .
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