Our card this week is Cody Woodson, the 10 of hearts from Virginia.

What began as a normal day in April 2021 ended in heartache for the family of 20 year old

Cody Woodson when the college student was gunned down in the streets near his Richmond

apartment in an attack that police now believe was not meant for him.

I'm Ashley Flowers and this is The Deck.

It was Tuesday morning and Angie Wright was at home preparing to go help a friend with

some outdoor chores when she got a text from her 20 year old son's girlfriend Clarisse.

Clarisse sent me a message out morning instead of you heard from Cody because I can't

find him.

Cody's my son.

Now, Cody and Clarisse were both living and attending college enrichment at the time

about an hour and 20 minutes from Angie.

And her getting this kind of message from Clarisse was strange because Cody wasn't the

kind of guy to just drop off the map and not respond to people.

Especially not to his girlfriend of two years.

But like most busy college students, it was like him to lose track of time and completely

crash after a long night of homework.

So Angie told Clarisse maybe that's what happened.

But Angie herself wasn't totally convinced.

And the more she thought about it, the bigger the pit in her stomach grew.

And she knew she needed to get to Richmond right away.

A friend offered to drive her and on the way there Angie called her son's college and

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