By David Lohr
May 10, 2007
SYLVA, N.C. (Crime Library) — Just when you think you have read the last chapter on John Raymond "Woody" Woodring, he finds another way, albeit from the grave this time, to get his name back into the limelight. For months now, we have awaited the final autopsy results on his death, and now we discover, as with Woodring's life, the results are sadly disappointing.
On November 1, 2006, Woodring's body was found inside a houseboat on Fontana Lake near Almond, North Carolina. The owner of the houseboat, Mark Leopard, and his friend Mike Megrath, were going to prepare the vessel for the winter when they stumbled upon Woodring's lifeless body.
During an interview with the Asheville Citizen-Times, Mike Megrath said he found Woody's body on a couch inside the boat. "He was clutching a picture of Bonnie to his chest," he said. Megrath also said he found a suicide note Woody had written, in which he apologized for killing his wife, suggested he wanted to join her in heaven, and made mention of missing his children. A .38 caliber handgun was found at Woodring's side.
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| Bonnie Woodring |
The North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation (NCSBI) refused to comment on a possible cause of death, but unofficially, Woodring's death was being reported as a suicide from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. Since that time we have learned that Woodring did not shoot himself, and up until now we were left wondering how he took his own life.
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