Robert Woody Woodward

Murdered
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Robert "Woody" Woodward, a 37-year-old political and environmental activist, died on December 2, 2001, after being shot by police officers inside the All Souls Unitarian Church in Brattleboro, Vermont. Woodward, who was experiencing a mental health crisis, had entered the church that morning seeking help and claiming that his life was in danger.

Woodward's behavior, which included holding a pocketknife to his eye and making threats to harm himself, alarmed some members of the congregati ...Read More
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    Victim Details

    Robert Woody Woodward

    Male

    White / Caucasian

    Brattleboro

    VT

    2001-12-02

    37

    Robert

    Woody Woodward

    Substantiated

    11/27/2024

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