Jeanette Woods

In the spring of 1980, the city of Detroit was gripped by a series of brutal killings. Among the victims was Jeanette Woods, a 24-year-old Black female whose life was cut tragically short. On the morning of April 19, 1980, her body was discovered on a sidewalk on Melrose Street, near the I-375. The violence inflicted upon her was extreme; she had been sexually assaulted, severely beaten, strangled, and her throat had been slashed. Woods had a history of prostitution and had been hospitalized twi ...