MUS-2026-304
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MUS-2026-304
Homicide
- Incident
- 1990
- Indexed
- Oct 17, 2026, by MuseUnsolved
- Agency
- Bartow County Sheriff's Office
- Location
- Cartersville GA
Public record. Index entry.
Index entry. Case details compiled from public reporting; our researchers have not verified this file yet.
Summary
What happened, as the record shows.
Robert M. Woody, 31, and his wife Patricia Ann Woody, 34, were found dead in their home on Rudy York Road outside Cartersville, Georgia, on April 25, 1990. Robert had been beaten and stabbed, and Patricia had been strangled and stabbed. They were last seen alive at 11:00 p.m. on April 24, leaving a friend's house, and investigators believe the murders occurred between midnight and 3:00 a.m. Because there were no signs of forced entry, investigators believed the assailant knew the victims, and that Robert was the target. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation assisted the Bartow County Sheriff's Office. No one has been arrested.
Timeline
What the record establishes.
- April 24, 1990
The Woodys were last seen alive at 11:00 p.m., leaving a friend's house.
- April 25, 1990
Investigators think the murders occurred between midnight and 3:00 a.m.
- April 25, 1990
The bodies were found at 1:30 p.m. in their home by Robert's employer, after Robert failed to show up for work.
Key people
The people in the file.
31, a mechanic at a battery reconditioning business in Cartersville. Beaten and stabbed in his home on Rudy York Road.
34. Strangled and stabbed in her home on Rudy York Road. Investigators believed she became a victim because of her presence in the residence that night.
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