John Kevin Woodward, living in the Netherlands, is in custody due to his involvement in the Murder case of Laurie Houts.
Laurie Houts’s murder case dates back to 30 years in 1992 when she was found dead in the vehicle parked on the 1300 block of Crittenden Lane near a garbage dump a mile away from her workplace.
Her murder case went to trial twice, but they couldn’t punish John Kevin as there was no sufficient evidence due to the development of the new technology; the Police of Mountain View finally solved her murder case.
Is Readytech CEO John Kevin Woodward Arrested For The Murder Of Laurie Houts?
John Kevin Woodward got arrested for the murder of Laurie Houts on September 5, 1992. Police took him in custody as soon as he arrived at the JFK airport from Amsterdam.
John Kevin was the primary suspect in the murder case of Laurie, and his footprints were found outside the vehicle of the car where Laurie’s dead body was found, but there was no evidence to prove that he was inside the car and killed Houts.
John was the roommate of Laurie’s boyfriend, and according to the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office, he was openly jealous of Laurie. He seems to have developed an unrequited romantic link with his roommate.
Similarly, when his roommate asked whether he killed his girlfriend, he didn’t deny or accept it but instead asked what the investigators knew. Besides, there was no alibi to prove where he was at night Houts was murdered.
John was called for the murder trial twice, but there was not enough evidence to get him arrested for killing Louise, so he changed the place and was living in the Netherlands as the CEO of online training company Readytech.
John Kevin Jail Sentence And Mugshot
The police arrested John Kevin Woodward on Saturday, July 9, 2022. is under their custody. Due to the advance in DNA technology, the DNA found in the rope used to strangle and kill Lousie matched the DNA of John.
The Santa Clara County Crime Lab found that his DNA matched the killer. Similarly, they had collected over 80 latent fingerprints at the time of Lauries’ death and re-examined them.
During the re-examination, they found that most of John’s fingerprints matched with the latent fingerprints, making it clear that he was the murderer of Laurie.
He is now in custody and will later be present for the trial. According to the judge’s verdict, he will be given a jail sentence, and his mugshot might be released after he goes to prison.