Randall Woodfield California, Oregon

Status: Incarcerated

Randall Woodfield is a serial killer in the United States. He was active from 1979–1981 . He  currently has 18 victims, though he is suspected of 44 . According to Wikipedia he is, known as the "I-5 Killer" and the "I-5 Bandit" .

This happened primarily in California, Oregon. He was sentenced to Sentenced to life imprisonment plus 165 years .

His appeal includes:

Defendant was accused as being the "I-5 Bandit," an individual responsible for several serious crimes along that interstate highway. We repeat the facts only as they are necessary to explain the assignments of error. Defendant first contends that the court erred in denying his motion to call Lawrence Moore as a witness. Moore had been convicted of murders in the Oregon Museum Tavern in Salem. The purpose of calling him was to have two paramedics who were called to the scene in this case testify that there is a "resemblance" between Moore and a man they saw a few blocks from the scene shortly after the incident. The issue in this case at trial was the identity of the attacker. The surviving victim had given inconsistent descriptions of the man at various times following the attack. The defense wanted to show that she was mistaken in her identification of defendant.

The trial court did not err in denying the motion. Defendant did not want to call Moore to testify, but only for identification. Both of the paramedics testified that they were unable to see the facial characteristics of the man they had observed on the street. They had been suspicious of him, because he was wearing clothing similar to that described by the victim and because he ran away when he saw them looking at him. They both testified that they would not be able to identify the man if they were to see him again. When shown a sketch of Moore, one of the paramedics said that the man resembled the man he had seen on the street but that he could say nothing more definite. When shown photographs of other men that had been eliminated by the victim as suspects, the paramedic noted that those men also resembled the man he had seen on the street that night.

Victims

His victims include  Cherie Ayers, Darcey Renee Fix, Donna Eckard,  and her 14-year-old daughter, Janelle Charlotte Jarvis, Julie Reitz, Shari Lynn Hull, 

You can write to Randall Woodfield at:

Randall Woodfield 3705001

Oregon State Penitentiary

2605 State Street
Salem, Oregon 97310-0505

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