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Dwight Calvin Woodrell Jr.

Case from Pawnee, OK dated Oct 13, 2001

Victim Details

Dwight Calvin Woodrell, Jr.

Male

White / Caucasian

Pawnee

OK

2001-10-13

36

Dwight

Calvin Woodrell Jr.

07/19/2026

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In the early morning hours of October 13, 2001, Pawnee County Sheriff Dwight Calvin Woodrell, Jr., a 36-year-old male, was on his way home after executing a search warrant in another part of the county. His lifelong ambition was to serve as sheriff, a dream he had realized at a young age. On this particular morning, his path took him past Spess Drilling Co. in Cleveland, Oklahoma, a business that had been the target of several recent burglaries.

At approximately 3:00 a.m., Sheriff Woodrel ...
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