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Florida woman brutally beat man to death with a hammer — and left a note on his chest saying 'PEDO Touches Children'

theblaze.com · 10d · first reportShare

Journee McGrew says the man she brutally murdered with a metal hammer had groomed and molested her since the time she was in elementary school. The 22-year-old woman is awaiting sentencing for beating 41-year-old Waduta Londrell Woodley to death on July 2, 2025, in Jacksonville, Florida. 'I really wasn't in my right mind when this happened. I'm not violent, and I'm sorry for this situation.' McGrew said Woodley had sexually molested her for many years before she left him in a pool of blood in the breezeway of an apartment complex. Police said he had blunt force trauma to his head and face. They also found a paper on his chest with a message that read, "PEDO Touches Children." McGrew said in court that her plan was to lure him into her apartment by falsely claiming to want sex in order to gather evidence against him. She said she did not plan to kill him. "This was not supposed to happen. I really wasn't in my right mind when this happened. I'm not violent, and I'm sorry for this situat