2006 December: Family Murders/Family Annihilators

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  1. Are these People in these pictures, People who you are interested in or People you want the world to know about ?
    Im not being rude, I find it interesting.
    Im just curious.

  2. I love reading about true crime. I go to Barnes and Nobles just to buy the true crime new releases. It just amazes me how normal people suddenly turn into murders.

  3. Parents killing their kids, listed alphabetically, by state at http://www.FamilyLawCourts.com/kids.html

    Also, when the criminals are wearing badges.

    http://www.FamilyLawCourts.com/badcop.html

    and worse, at http://www.badcopnews.com

    When it comes to family values, gradually the public will learn via the internet, (not throught traditional media) that the U.S. is a third world county.

    See more media misses at
    http://mainstreammisses.blogspot.com

  4. Interesting…

    Are you at all familiar with the Texarkana Phantom Murders. It was captured in a good, but little seen film called, “The Town That Dreaded Sundown” from 1975 or 1976.

    The crimes themselves happene din the late 40’s. Fascinating read if you’re not familiar with it

    Enjoyed your site.
    lauriekendrick.wordpress.com

  5. Laurie,

    Yes, I am familiar with the Phantom Murders and I own a copy of that movie! Currently a documentary is in the works on it also. I heard it should be out this summer. I will be doing a post on these murders the next time I do a serial killer month.

  6. Any updates on the Vaughn family?

  7. Just wondering what happened to the woodman boys their wives and families..

  8. Joanne,

    I will be posting on them this weekend, but I can tell you that Stuart turned State’s evidence against his brother. Both got prison, but I don’t remember the exact sentences off the top of my head.

  9. This people in the picture does show their evil faces. Really scary look.

  10. Regarding the Woodmans — life in prison without possibility of parole.

  11. LAST TIME I SAW STEWART, HE WAS “GOING BLIND” DUE TO DIABETES AND THAT WAS “BEFORE” THE MOVIE AND BOOK CAME OUT, CONFIRMING ALL THE DETAILS THAT HE HAD “CONVINCED” MYSELF AND OTHERS HE “HAD NO PART IN”……WHICH OF COURSE, WAS A 100% LIE…..
    NEITHER STEWART OR NEIL WILL EVER “SEE THE LIGHT OF DAY” AS THEY HAVE NOT ONLY GOT “LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE” FOR THE MURDERS, BUT FURTHER LIFE SENTENCING FOR CONSPIRACY, MURDER FOR HIRE, FELONY TAX EVASION, AND AN AMAZING AMOUNT OF OTHER FELONY HARD YEARS OF PRISON FOR ALL THEIR IMMORAL/ILLEGAL ACTS.

  12. Why did Stewart gain so much weight? He couldn’t have weighed over 170 the last time I saw him which was quite a long time ago. He and his family were close and he still lived at home, in LA. What happened to him?
    He had everything going for him.
    So sad.
    I thought he loved his father and mother.

  13. STEWART BALLOONED TO OVER 300# AROUND 1980….EVERYTHING FELL APART AFTER WAYNE GRADUATED FROM DUKE AND GERRY BROUGHT HIM IN; GAVE HIM EQUAL SALARIES WITH STEWART AND NEIL; THEN WAYNE STARTED FAMILY FEUDING WHICH “CULMINATED” WHEN THE LAWSUIT BEGAN OUSTING GERRY VERA AND WAYNE ALTHOUGH WE DID PAY 675,000 BUT GERRY HAD TO SHOW ALL OF US THAT HE WOULD “WIN”…..TAKING ALL THE MONEY FROM THE SETTLEMENT…BORROWING HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS FROM MICKEY AND MAXINE, AND STARTING AN EXACT COMPETING BUSINESS CALLED WOODMAN INDUSTRIES IN SUN VALLEY AND “CONFUSING” ALL OF OUR CUSTOMERS/SUPPLIERS UNTIL WE LOWERED THE SELLING PRICE OF PLASTIC LIGHTING PANELS 40% AND VIRTUALLY MADE IT SO THEY WOULD STOP…..THEY WENT BROKE AND FORCED WAYNE AND VERA INTO BANKRUPTCY, WHICH GERRY ESCAPED SINCE HE WAS STILL AN ENGLISH CITIZEN AND THE ENTIRE ORDEAL SENT STEWART AND I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT NEIL WAS 150% MORE TO BLAME…HOWEVER STEWART WENT ALONG WITH THE HORRIBLE PLANS WHICH THEY NEVER “REVEALED” TO ME HOWEVER I FOUND OUT LATER…THAT STEWART WAS INVOLVED MORE THAN HE CLAIMED (VISITS IN PRISON) AND
    TODAY HE WILL STILL DENY GUILT

  14. Thank you so much. It still hasn’t sunk in yet.

    Stewart and I were only 21 years old. His dad, mom were so nice to me. I can’t believe I knew a family that had such a violent future ahead of them. I bet you did too.

    Stewart didn’t like my baby blue GTO, thought I spent too much money.

    I must have been living in a cave not to have turned on the TV to see until 2 weeks ago. It brought back a multitude of memories. Of all the people in the world to meet and get to know.

    I had never met such a kind, handsome man in my entire life that worshiped his father and loved his mother.

    He was so dedicated to his dad. He sure did talk on the phone a lot. He was always coming to Texas back then. Builder’s Convention, this was 68 too. He was so grown up to be so young, he gave his whole life to his family. He lived at home before they moved to the larger house they were building, this was 69. They keep giving different ages on Stewart, he couldn’t have been 20, his dad sure did put him to work young.

    Stewart was not materalistic back then either. The whole family was frugile. He worked to please his dad.

    I am so glad he has children that love him.

    I wonder how he stayed out of the draft?I forgot to ask him. He must have been real unhappy to gain so much weight.

    I guess he got in with a nightmare of a crowd. This just doesn’t seem real.

    Stewart couldn’t go to college, I always wondered, but that’s the way it was.

    Guess his dad changed his mind.

    May God have Mercy on his soul and one day he can get out and be with his children.

    He lost his moral compass, I’m so sorry.

  15. Stewart’s cooperation had earned him a sentence of 25 years to life in prison. At his sentencing, as he did while testifying, Stewart apologized.

    Neil was a different matter. At his sentencing, he talked about how his brother had always hated him even though he remained loyal. He said he didn’t have any previous knowledge of the crime. “I want the court to know, as I sit here, I’m not guilty of this crime,” Neil said, according to a story by City News Service. The judge handed down a sentence identical to Stewart’s.

  16. I knew Neil and not Stewart. I was introduced to him in 1982— I was introduced to Neil by my partner in business and he lived large and talked big. He was open about hating his parents.

    When the murders happened I was shocked but did not immediately think that Neil did it. I never knew Stewart.

    Later when the murder for hire put Neil and Stewart in jail my partner put up money for his defense. I begged him not to put up the money for the defense but they had been close friends.

    I thought that Neil had paid for the murders but stopped following the case.

    My take on Neil was that he was egotistical and living large. I did not know he was living beyond his means.

    Maxine was sweet funny and the kids Jenifer and Paul nice kids. It was sad to see money become the reason to kill their mother and father. But more then money Neil spoke opening about hating his mother and father.

    I only spent about 7 or 8 total days with the Woodman’s in the 3 years before the murders but it was enough to know that I did not like him and tolerated his rudeness because he was my partner’s best friend

  17. DOES ANYBODY KNOW THE UPDATES ON THE SURVIVOR OF MARCUS WESSON? I’M INTERESTED TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO ROSA AND ELIZABETH?

  18. I met Stewart’s brother, wife and the first newborn baby. 1969.
    Neil didn’t speak, but his wife did and was very nice.
    They lived in a nice apartment. I can’t remember where. They were proud of the tiny newborn.

    His father was critical, but very nice. They just had a regular ranch house, with a swimming pool. The front just had a lot of cement.

    I walked down the hall, and Stewart laughing told me to come back, I think he had bunk beds or something. That’s how young he was. His mom was in the kitchen. He was funny.

    Stewart was just a kid. Now I realize that. He was a baby almost.

    I have not been back to California in decades.

    Stewart must have married the year after I last saw him in Texas.

    He sure got big. I know his dad hated that. I gained 3 pounds and he made a comment. I knew I could never gain an ounce and be around him.

    I left Beverly Hills so long ago.

    I am not Jewish. It’s amazing we got along. Stewart was not prejudice back then. Neither was I. He was just a cute guy that adored his parents. It was not an act either,
    But was only 20 years old. Very strange.
    There is no way to contact them either.
    How sad, it’s just does not add up, does it?

  19. I worked for the Woodman’s in another location. I used to hear Mr. Woodman on the phone screaming berating poor Neil. Sometimes when Neil called back, Mr. Woodman was still screaming. Neil came to our locality two times and spent several days on each visit.

    I found him to be different personalities. He could be very nice and down to earth, very generous. He was also very braggadocious and played the big shot, letting us know we were “diminutive”. haha. He also displayed a horrible, scary temper. The type of meaness that comes from the inside with hatred, not just screaming and yelling, but real scary hatred. We all decided we didn’t want to be around him and he wanted to take us to dinner. I said “if you all go, then I will go”. So we all went.

  20. Wow, something was wrong with all three of them.

    I wonder how they kept their wives from leaving them, fear?

    There is so much more to life than money.

    They had to be demented to kill their mother.

  21. Does anyone remember David Hendricks, who killed his wife and three children in their beds with knives and an axe, back in 1982? It happened here in my town, Bloomington, IL, and he was convicted, but he got off on a technicality on appeal.
    I always wondered what happened to him, and found that he has opened a business in Orlando, FL., doing what he does best..he is (and was) an orthopedic prosthetic inventor, and he has been able to keep his identity secret down there, people have no idea what he did, or who he is. He is very highly respected in his field, winning awards and praise..It kind of makes me sick…he is a millionaire, after what he did to his young family.
    Does anyone else have any info on him, personally?? Is he married now, etc??

  22. Candi,

    I always wondered about that one myself. I have not heard anything about him in years. Maybe someone in Orlando can find out (just don’t ask the Anthonys to help)

  23. It is so sad to know the misery these people have caused. What scares me is these people often look so ordinary and you would not believe they would kill their families.

  24. this happened not very far from where I lived and it sickenened. She was a sweet child……….olice Gather Evidence In Case Of Girl Neglected To Death
    Target 11 Obtains Court Documents In Case
    Rick Earle

    4:57 p.m. EDT August 15, 2003 – updated: 5:30 p.m. EDT August 15, 2003
    PITTSBURGH — Police surveyed the house Friday where 4-year-old Kristen Tater (pictured, below) was found dead in a cooler, gathering evidence for their investigation.Kristen Tater

    A state police helicopter circled the neighborhood, taking aerial photographs of the house and the shed where the girl’s body was found last week as investigators continue to piece together the events leading to the death.

    Investigators continue to build their case against the parents and part of that case is detailed in court documents.

    According to court documents obtained by Target 11, a heavy shoe lace — frayed at one end — was tied to the girl’s ankle.

    Police say they found what appears to be the other piece of the shoe lace tied to a bed in the home, suggesting Kristen may have been restrained.

    According to the affidavit of probable cause, Kristen’s 6-year-old brother told police that Janet Crawford and James Tater frequently placed Kristen in the attic for long periods of time as punishment and that they withheld food from her.

    On one occasion, he said Kristen was able to sneak out of the attic and eat in his bedroom.

    When she was caught by their parents she was put back in the attic, he said.

    And when Kristen’s 15-year-old stepsister stayed at the home in June and July, she was told not to go into the master bedroom because there was bad water in the crawl space under the house, causing an odor. She also told investigators towels had been placed at the bottom of the door to keep the odor inside.

    During one visit, she said she entered the bedroom and detected a strong odor but it didn’t smell like bad water or sewage.

    James Tatar and Janet Crawford are scheduled to appear in court Aug. 22.

    Copyright 2003 by Wpxi.com. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

  25. R.J.Wilson
    I am trying to find out what prison Stewart and Neil are in to write, it seems you are visiting them, I worked with you before the move to The new bldg, also am looking for Steve.

    Let me know

  26. David Hendricks is now remarried and resides in Georgia, and still has his buisness!

  27. David hendrix is in orlando andit really is unfare to say that he killed his family when actually he was aquitted due to them having no evidence beyond a reasonable doubt. I have been reading the book and am now reading it again. It is very interesting and I really wish the crime would be solved. I’m just not sure he did it. None of their circumstancial evidence shows me that he is guilty. The book really leaves me wanted to crack the case………

  28. R.J., I haven’t seen you since I was a kid. If you would like to send my dad a letter just email me the letter and I will get it to him. Hope things are going well for you.

  29. My email address is iwoodman@verizon.net

  30. David Hendricks was guilty. He never checked into the hotel in Wisconsin until the afternoon the day after the murders. There was a Hardee’s receipt dated like 7:19 AM for a cup of coffee he got there when he first got to town. It was only about a 6.5 hour drive, tops. If you do the math, he left at about 12:45 AM. He told authorities he left at about 12 AM when he arrived back home. Then when on the stand and after hearing all the arguments, he realized he needed to leave earlier because food content was still in his family’s stomachs so someone had to do the murders after he left, but still before midnight at least. So he said he left at 11 PM on the stand. He lied and is guilty. This I know.

  31. Hendricks also admitted to the murders to an inmate while in prison by the name of Danny Wayne Stark. Stark told the court that Hendricks gave him details on how he committed the crime so Stark could help come up with a plan to lay the blame on someone else. Stark took a lie detector test and passed. His testimony was later discredited when the defense presented three inmates who testified that Stark was known as a liar. He still passed the lie detector test though! Hendricks was acquitted in the retrial because the jury felt the motive given in the first trial was irrelevant and prejudicial. So he walked.

  32. I worked for the Woodman’s in the early 70’s. Gerry was extremely arrogant and constantly belittled his sons in front of everyone. Neil and Gerry fought daily, there was a huge power struggle between them. Stewart came and went from the office, but when there, both his father and brother put him down. Neil and Stewart argued all the time.

    Neil was much more the leader than Stewart who acted more of a spoiled child than anything else. Years later when I heard about the murders, I wasn’t that surprised. Gerry was arrogant and abusive, and his sons were greedy little men who had a huge sense of entitlement.

    I have to say that Vera seemed like a nice woman. I couldn’t imagine her own sons having her killed. This was all so sad.


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