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Convicted killer is one of South Carolina's newest residents

Catherine Wood released after 30 year prison sentence, now living with sister in Fort Mill

Convicted killer is one of South Carolina's newest residents

Catherine Wood released after 30 year prison sentence, now living with sister in Fort Mill

JOE: A CONVICTED KILLER IS ONE OF SOUTH CAROLINA’S NEWEST RESIDENTS. CATHERINE WOOD WAS JUST RELEASED FROM PRISON. SHE SERVED MORE THAN 30 YEARS BEHIND BARS. WOOD AND ANOTHER WOMAN WERE NURSE’S AIDES AT A MICHIGAN NURSING HOME IN THE 1980’S. THEY KILLED AT LEAST FIVE PATIENTS. POLICE SAY THE TRUE NUMBER COULD BE MORE THAN A DOZEN. THE CONVICTED KILLER IS NOW LIVING WITH HER SISTER IN FORT MILL. THE LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENT SAYS THEY WERE NOT NOTIFIED, NEITHER WERE WOOD’S NEW NEIGHBORS. >> IS THAT SOMETHING YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT? >> IT SEEMS LIKE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE USEFUL INFORMATION, YEAH. JOE: CONDITIONS OF WOOD’S PAROLE WILL NOT ALLOW HER TO WORK WITH THE ELDERLY, VULNERABLE ADULTS, OR CHILDREN. HER PAROLE IS UP IN JUNE 2021. THE OTHER WOMAN IN THE CASE
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Convicted killer is one of South Carolina's newest residents

Catherine Wood released after 30 year prison sentence, now living with sister in Fort Mill

A woman who spent 30 years in prison for the deaths of residents at a Michigan nursing home has been released on parole, and she’s allegedly moving to Fort Mill, South Carolina.Five people were suffocated at the Alpine Manor Nursing Home in Walker, Michigan, in the late 1980s. Investigators say Catherine Wood testified that she acted as a lookout while her co-defendant, Gwendolyn Graham, suffocated the victims with a washcloth.Officials allege the pair committed the crimes for fun, and that there could have been as many as a dozen witnesses.Relatives of victims had sued to keep Wood locked up, but a judge in October said he wouldn’t block the parole board’s decision.Wood cooperated with investigators and pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and conspiracy. She had been housed at a federal prison in Tallahassee, Florida, to separate her from Graham.The now 57-year-old walked out of prison Thursday, but she won’t be heading back to Michigan.Instead, Wood has moved to Fort Mill to live with her sister, according to WOOD TV and multiple national sources.The South Carolina Department of Parole and Pardon Services confirmed to WBTV that Wood did report in York County on Friday. They have not said what neighborhood she will be staying in.Graham is serving a life sentence.

A woman who spent 30 years in prison for the deaths of residents at a Michigan nursing home has been released on parole, and she’s allegedly moving to Fort Mill, South Carolina.

Five people were suffocated at the Alpine Manor Nursing Home in Walker, Michigan, in the late 1980s. Investigators say Catherine Wood testified that she acted as a lookout while her co-defendant, Gwendolyn Graham, suffocated the victims with a washcloth.

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Officials allege the pair committed the crimes for fun, and that there could have been as many as a dozen witnesses.

Relatives of victims had sued to keep Wood locked up, but a judge in October said he wouldn’t block the parole board’s decision.

Wood cooperated with investigators and pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and conspiracy. She had been housed at a federal prison in Tallahassee, Florida, to separate her from Graham.

The now 57-year-old walked out of prison Thursday, but she won’t be heading back to Michigan.

Instead, Wood has moved to Fort Mill to live with her sister, according to WOOD TV and multiple national sources.

The South Carolina Department of Parole and Pardon Services confirmed to WBTV that Wood did report in York County on Friday. They have not said what neighborhood she will be staying in.

Graham is serving a life sentence.