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On a spring morning in 1972, the steady hum of a lawnmower was the soundtrack to an ordinary day in the officers' housing area of Fort Jackson, a sprawling U.S. Army training center in South Carolina. Nine-year-old Michael J. Woodward was playing in his yard as his father, a major and the staff judge advocate on the post, attended to the lawn. The day was pleasant and unremarkable, with temperatures hovering around 60 degrees. Sometime between 9:00 a.m. and noon, under the Carolina sun, Michael ...Read More
Last Seen: Apr 23, 1972

Victim Details

Apr 15, 2010

Jan 23, 2018

Michael

Woodward

61

9

56 inches

70 lbs

White / Caucasian

Male

Apr 23, 1972

Fort Jackson

South Carolina

Richland County

27063

Fort Jackson Army Base, Military Police

Columbia

South Carolina

,

017701CID

Fort Jackson Army Base, Military Police

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05/29/2026


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