In late 1980 and early 1981, the Northwest region of the United States was under a cloak of terror. It seemingly all began in October 1980 when a young woman named Cherie Ayers was found murdered in her Portland bedroom. No forced entry, No clear suspect. Weeks later, on Thanksgiving night, a young woman and her boyfriend are discovered murdered and bound with athletic tape. The only thing missing from the home was a .32 caliber silver revolver. Then the 911 calls began. In Seattle, a man with a silver revolver and athletic tape across the bridge of his nose was committing robberies up and down Interstate 5. Twenty-four attacks in just weeks. The media dubbed him the I-5 Bandit. In January 1981, another young woman, Shari Hull was bound, shot, and left for dead in Salem. Her friend survived the attack, giving the same description as the I-5 Bandit. Same build. Same gun. Same tape. Days later, in California, a nurse and her teenage daughter are found murdered in their home just off I-5. Ballistics confirm it’s the same .32 caliber weapon. 500 miles of highway. 3 states. And at the center of it all. One killer. In this episode, we talk about the victims of this predator and how dozens of lives were shattered along this corridor of fear.

“Police Ask Help in murder” in Albany Democrat-Herald on October 21, 1980

“How Did Former Green Bay Packer Randall Woodfield Turn Into The ‘I-5 Killer’?” by Benjamin H. Smith on Oxygen True Crime on May 30, 2020 (https://www.oxygen.com/mark-of-a-killer/crime-news/i-5-killer-randall-woodfield-green-bay-packer-serial-killer)

“3 Killed with Same Gun” by Pat Lakey in Record Searchlight on February 9, 1981

“Around the Nation; Oregon Jury Convicts Man Of Murder and Sodomy” in The New York Times on June 27, 1981 (https://www.nytimes.com/1981/06/27/us/around-the-nation-oregon-jury-convicts-man-of-murder-and-sodomy.html)

“Two Slain in Portland” in The Sunday Oregonian on October 12, 1980

“Woman, Daughter Found Shot to Death” by Pat Lakey in Record Searchlight on February 4, 1981

“DNA links 'I-5 killer' to 1980 slaying” by Maxine Bernstein in The Oregonian/OregonLive on March 1, 2006 (https://www.oregonlive.com/beaverton/2006/03/dna_links_i-5_killer_to_1980_s.html)

“Woman Died of Bullet Wounds in Shooting at Keizer Office” in Statesman Journal on January 20, 1981

“Murder-Rape-Robbery Spree Along Interstate 5” by Russ Lorenzini in The Sacramento Bee on February 6, 1981

“'I-5 Killer' connected to five more deaths” by Rachel Roman and Dan Tilkin on KATU2ABC on May 9, 2012 (https://katu.com/news/local/i-5-killer-connected-to-five-more-deaths-11-19-2015)

“Donna’s Friends Recall her Love” by Pat Lakey in Record Searchlight on February 12, 1981

“Police say DNA links murder to ‘I-5 Killer’” by Tim Fought, Associated Press on The Spokesman-Review on February 9, 2006 (https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2006/feb/09/police-say-dna-links-murder-to-i-5-killer/)

“Ex-Football Star Arrested in I-5 Bandit Case” by Bee News Services in The Sacramento Bee on March 10, 1981

“Serial killer Randy Woodfield's legacy: pain, preening and pointlessness” by The Oregonian/OregonLive on May 13, 2012 (https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2012/05/serial_killer_randy_woodfields.html)

“I-5 Murder Suspect: ‘He was a Good Christian Kid’” by Peter H. King in The San Francisco Examiner on March 10, 1981

“Portland detectives definitively link I-5 killer Randy Woodfield to 5 more deaths” by Tom Hallman, Jr. on The Oregonian/OregonLive on May 11, 2012 (https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2012/05/portland_detectives_definitely.html)

“Suspect Picked from Lineup” in Enterprise-Record on March 12, 1981

“Suspect Apprehended in I-5 Killer Case” by Timothy Kenny in Orland Unit-Register on March 10, 1981

“Killer Athlete / The Case of Randall Woodfield” on Mark of a Serial Killer (Oxygen), Season 2, Episode 8 on Peacock

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