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28-576: James or Jim Wood may refer to: Politics and government [ edit ] James Wood (governor) (1741–1813), Governor of Virginia and officer in the American Revolutionary War James Wood (New York politician) (1820–1892), New York politician and Union Army general James Wood (Irish politician) (1865–1936), Member of Parliament for East Down, 1902–1906 Jim Wood (California politician) (born 1960), member of

56-606: A complaint to the police, claiming that he had raped her at the photo lab where he worked. He headed for Idaho, where he had some relatives, but on the way, he passed through a suburb in St. Louis , Missouri, where he kidnapped 18-year-old Jamie Masengill in October 1992. Wood drove her to the nearby forest, where he raped and shot her in the head; miraculously, Masengill survived. Wood eventually arrived in Idaho on November 1, moving in with

84-530: A cousin in Chubbuck . On June 29, 1993, Wood lured 11-year-old newspaper carrier Jeralee Underwood in his car, while she was going on her daily route in Pocatello. Once she entered the car, he kidnapped her at gunpoint before shooting her in the head with a .22 caliber revolver the following day. He kept the body for over a week, repeatedly raping it, before finally dismembering the remains and dumping them in

112-502: A truck driver and for a short time on a tugboat in Southern Louisiana, he returned to Shreveport in 1987, where he married a woman named Yvonne and had a son in 1989. Between 1986 and 1992, he worked at an insulation company, a film laboratory and a welding shop, but no known crimes were linked to him during this period. Wood eventually moved to Grand Cane , but was forced to flee after a 14-year-old relative of his wife filed

140-522: Is Wood County, West Virginia . James Edward Wood James Edward Wood was born James Godwin on December 9, 1947, in Pensacola, Florida . At the time of his birth, Godwin's father Sherman, an alcoholic, was imprisoned in Fort Leavenworth , prompting his mother, Hazel Johnson, to leave the state with the two boys and move to Idaho. His childhood was apparently normal until 1955, when

168-617: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages James Wood (governor) James Wood (January 28, 1741 – June 16, 1813) was an officer of the Continental Army during the American Revolution and the 11th Governor of Virginia . He was an abolitionist. Born in Winchester, Virginia , on January 28, 1741, Wood was the son of an immigrant of

196-496: The 1789 election from Hampshire District. That District consisted of Berkeley County , Frederick County , Hampshire County , Hardy County , Harrison County , Monongalia County , Ohio County and Randolph County , which cover the area which is now the eastern part of West Virginia and the northernmost county of Virginia, all within Virginia's 1st congressional district , which also included Shenandoah County . All ten of

224-695: The Saratoga campaign were moved to Charlottesville, Virginia . He continued in that capacity until it was dissolved in January 1783, when he was promoted to brigadier general in the Virginia militia. After the war, Wood became an original member of the Virginia Society of the Cincinnati . From 1784 to 1796, Wood was a member of Virginia's Executive Council. He was chosen as an elector for

252-517: The Snake River . Eight days after her murder, residents searching the area found Underwood's remains. On July 7, Wood was arrested by officer Scott Shaw. He offered no resistance, and readily admitted his guilt regarding Underwood's murder, as well as two other rapes and several robberies committed days after her murder. Due to the severity of the crime, a total of 12 charges were brought against him, including first-degree murder, kidnapping and

280-707: The Society of the Cincinnati , he was also a leading member of an early abolition society in Virginia. Wood served as President of the Society of the Cincinnati from 1802 until his death. Wood died in Richmond on June 16, 1813. He was buried at Richmond in St. John's churchyard. James Wood High School and James Wood Middle School in Frederick County, Virginia are named after the famous Revolutionary War Colonel, as

308-469: The 8-year-old witnessed the tragic death of his mother, who perished in a fire while saving two other workers at a potato warehouse in Rupert . Godwin later claimed that in his distress, he had tried to put his arms around the waist of a nearby woman, who, instead of consoling him, simply pushed him away. This act caused him to develop a hatred towards women, which was greatly aggravated whenever they resembled

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336-560: The Art Institute of Chicago James Roland Wood (born 1941), Australian Royal Commissioner and jurist James Rushmore Wood (1816–1882), American physician Jim Wood (fiddler) (born 1964), American fiddler James Wood (engineer) , American engineer James Wood Bush (c. 1844–1906), Hawaiian-American Civil War combatant James Wood (screenwriter) , British screenwriter See also [ edit ] James Woods (disambiguation) [REDACTED] Topics referred to by

364-1840: The California State Assembly Jim Wood (Arkansas politician) (fl. late 20th century), State Auditor of Arkansas Sebastian Wood (James Sebastian Lamin Wood, born 1961), British Ambassador to Germany Sport [ edit ] James Wood (baseball) (born 2002), American baseball player James Wood (footballer) (1893–?), professional footballer, who played for South Shields, Huddersfield Town and Blackpool James Wood (Lancashire cricketer) (1933–1977), English cricketer for Lancashire 1954–56 James Wood (New Zealand cricketer) (1854–1937), New Zealand cricketer James Wood (South African cricketer) (born 1985), South African cricketer, played for Durham UCCE Jamie Wood (born 1978), footballer Jim Wood (American football) (born 1936), American gridiron football player and coach Jim Wood (biathlete) (1952–2020), British Olympic biathlete Jim Wood (Sussex cricketer) (1914–1989), English cricketer, played for Sussex 1936–55 Jimmy Wood (1842–1927), American baseball player and manager Religion [ edit ] James Wood (mathematician) (1760–1839), Dean of Ely 1820–1839 James Wood (minister) (1672–1759), Presbyterian minister of Atherton and Chowbent Chapels in Atherton, Greater Manchester, England James Frederick Wood (1813–1883), Archbishop of Philadelphia James Julius Wood (1800–1877), Scottish minister Military [ edit ] James Wood (Canadian admiral) (born 1934), Canadian admiral James Athol Wood (1756–1829), British rear-admiral James W. Wood (1924–1990), U.S. Air Force colonel and senior test pilot on

392-974: The Dyna-Soar program Sir James Wood, 2nd Baronet (died 1738), Scottish officer of the Dutch States Army and later the British Army James Wood (Royal Navy officer) (died 1860), commander of HMS Pandora during its commission at the Royal Navy's Pacific Station Others [ edit ] James Wood (musician) (born 1953), British composer and percussionist James Wood (critic) (born 1965), British literary critic and novelist James Wood (encyclopaedist) (1820–1901), British editor of The Nuttall Encyclopaedia James Wood, Lord Irwin (born 1977), British courtesy peer James Edward Wood (1947–2004), American murderer James N. Wood (1941–2010), American director of

420-742: The General Electric Industrial Plant, where he raped her in the back seat of her gold and beige Oldsmobile , before driving Coleman out in the woods and shooting her in the back of the head. Following his confession, authorities also started investigating him in relation to the 1979 disappearances of 18-year-old Dodie Gay and Arrilla Vaul, both of whom vanished within months of each other in Shreveport. While there were initial suspicions that these were simple boastful confessions akin to Henry Lee Lucas , investigators considered them credible enough to look into Wood further. In

448-438: The Virginia electors who voted cast one of their two votes for George Washington. 5 of them cast their other vote for John Adams . 3 voted for George Clinton . 1 cast his for John Hancock . 1 cast his for John Jay . Which elector voted for which vice presidential candidate is not known. A Federalist , in 1796, Wood was elected as Virginia's eleventh governor and served until 1799. In addition to being an original member of

476-559: The charges and sentenced to 10 years imprisonment at the Louisiana State Penitentiary , but would be paroled on August 18, 1971, for good behavior. After his release, Wood took on a job as a truck driver, travelling cross-country. During the late 1970s, he and his brother committed various robberies across Louisiana, Texas and Arkansas . In 1977, he was arrested for robbing a pizzeria in Baton Rouge , but

504-468: The end, however, he was never charged with any of these cases due to lack of physical evidence linking him to the crimes. During his September trial, Wood pleaded guilty to the Underwood murder, much to the displeasure of his lawyer. Subsequently, he was found guilty and sentenced to death. A few weeks after the sentence, he filed papers to waive all future appeals and speed up the execution process, but

532-584: The regiment during the Philadelphia campaign and Monmouth campaigns of the next two years. In late 1777, he quartered at the house also occupied by the family of Sally Wister , who described him as "of the most amiable of men." His regiment was redesignated the 8th Virginia Regiment in September 1778, and Wood was appointed Superintendent of the Convention Army when British prisoners from

560-639: The same name who performed surveys for Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron and helped found the town. He was educated privately and became active like his father in the local parish, Christ Episcopal Church in Winchester. In February 1760, he was appointed Deputy Clerk of the County Court. From 1766 to 1775, he served in the Virginia House of Burgesses. He married Jean Moncure , and they had no children who lived into adulthood. Wood

588-404: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=James_Wood&oldid=1216231601 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

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616-582: The two rapes. A few months after his arrest, Wood suddenly admitted to another crime: the 1976 murder of 33-year-old Shirley Coleman. Coleman, an employee at the Western Electric Plant in Greenwood, Louisiana , was apparently abducted from a parking lot while she was doing her Christmas shopping. Her skeletal remains were found in a rural area west of Shreveport on January 7, 1981. In his confession, Wood claimed that he had driven her to

644-606: The woman who had brushed him off. Shortly after the tragedy, he was adopted by his aunt and uncle in Idaho Falls , who changed his name to James Edward Wood. During this time period, Wood claimed to have been abused both physically and mentally, which caused him to lash out frequently. Unable to control him, his adoptive parents sent him to the Idaho Youth Training Center in St. Anthony , from where Wood attempted to escape on eight separate occasions but

672-645: Was always caught and returned. In 1963, his father was released from prison and offered to take care of him, with Wood readily accepting and boarding the first bus to Shreveport, Louisiana , where Sherman had moved to. They lived together for some time until Wood moved to Missouri to enter flight school, marrying a woman there in 1966. However, he claimed that shortly after his marriage, he began raping women in Missouri and Illinois . In 1967, Wood moved to his brother's house in Bossier City . That same year, he

700-482: Was arrested for breaking into an apartment, where he stabbed two women and attempted to rape one of them. He was arrested and lodged at the Bossier Parish Jail to await charges on aggravated battery. While in there, he suffered severe burns following an incident in which he stole his cellmate's blanket; in response, the man threw a cup of burning lighter fluid on him. Wood would eventually be convicted of

728-701: Was commissioned a captain of Virginia troops by the Governor, Lord Dunmore , in 1774. He took part in the Battle of Point Pleasant during Dunmore's War and afterward negotiated the Treaty of Fort Pitt with the Shawnee Indians. In 1776 Wood was appointed lieutenant colonel of the Frederick County Militia. In February 1777, he became commander of the 12th Virginia Regiment , and he led

756-420: Was later convinced by his new lawyers to reconsider. In the appeal that followed, attorneys Rolf Kehne and John Adams argued that their client's sentence should be overturned due to ineffective counsel. This stemmed from the claim that the previous lawyer, Monte Whittier, had convinced Wood, a Mormon in the same congregation as him, that he could be forgiven through blood atonement . Justice Lynn Winmill denied

784-547: Was released on bail and moved back to the northern part of the state. He again took on a job as a truck driver for an oil company in Bossier City and married a Shreveport woman, but was soon arrested for raping a woman in Lincoln Parish . Wood was convicted of this crime and given a few years' imprisonment, remaining in prison until November 6, 1986, when he was released for good behavior. After working again as

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