Friends Raise Bail for Convicted Killer
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Convicted murderer Mark Woodworth, 22, will await his new trial at home with his family, thanks to friends, who raised the $500,000 for his bond through hog roasts and bake sales. People in Chillicothe, a northwest Missouri community of 9,000, have been holding fund-raisers since February, when the Missouri Court of Appeals ordered a new trial for Woodworth. Many believe he is innocent. Woodworth was accused of wounding his father’s business partner, Lyndel Robertson, and killing Robertson’s wife, Catherine in 1990.
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