Jax Westside Hammer Killing Heads To Sentencing In Chilling Note Case

A Jacksonville woman who told police she was groomed from childhood by a man she later admitted killing is set to learn her punishment Friday. The victim, identified in public records as 41-year-old Waduta Woodley, was found dead in the breezeway of a Westside apartment building in July 2025 with a handwritten note on his chest. The sentencing hearing is scheduled for Friday, March 27, 2026.

Scene and evidence

Responding officers discovered Woodley behind a stairwell with multiple blunt-force injuries and a note that read “PEDO Touches Children,” according to Action News Jax. Investigators recovered a blood-stained metal hammer from inside the apartment and collected clothing, shoes and a green highlighter that matched the writing on the paper. Those…..

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