️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️  ️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️ Cathy Woods, 64, was 29 when she was convicted of stabbing 19-year-old nursing student Michelle Mitchell to death on the edge of the University of Nevada campus in 1976.<unk>Cathy Woods, 64, was 29 when she was convicted of stabbing 19-year-old nursing student Michelle Mitchell to death on the edge of the University of Nevada campus in 1976. But in September a judge threw out the case - and on Friday ruled that there will not be a retrial as planned.<unk>But in September a judge threw out the case - and on Friday ruled that there will not be a retrial as planned. ąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąą Release: Cathy Woods, 64, will not face a retrial in the 1976 murder case of college student Michele Mitchell, whom she was accused of stabbing to death. <unk> <unk> <unk> ️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️ 66-year-old Halbower is serving a 30-year sentence for attempted murder in Oregon, and has since been charged with murdering two teenage girls in California. <unk> 66-year-old Halbower is serving a 30-year sentence for attempted murder in Oregon, and has since been charged with murdering two teenage girls in California. ️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️ ️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk> It is our belief that the newly discovered DNA evidence and the continued investigation of this case exonerate Cathy Woods of the murder of Michelle Mitchell,<unk> said Hicks. Woods was at the Southern California home of her brother and his wife when the decision was announced.<unk> Woods was at the Southern California home of her brother and his wife when the decision was announced.<unk> ąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąą New suspect: Rodney L Halbower, a inmate in an Oregon penitentiary, recently submitted DNA evidence which now connects him to a cigarette butt found on Mitchell's dead body. Paula Baxter (left), 17, was abducted February 4, 1976, stabbed to death and had her head bashed in; Carol Lee Booth (right), a 26-year-old housewife, was discovered in a shallow grave. ️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>
Cathy Woods, 64, was acquitted of murder in September 2014 (Cathy Woods, 64, was acquitted of murder in September 2014) ️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️ <unk> <unk> <unk> New tests found a different inmate's DNA on the evidence.