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Jul 2021
44m 3s

“I-5 Killer” Randy Woodfield Pt. 1

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He was a star football player in the early 1970s. A talented athlete with every chance for boundless success. But he developed a nasty temper, and a ferocious sense of entitlement. Whatever Randy Woodfield wanted, he was going to take. By any means necessary. 

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