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Criminal Records - Most Wanted |
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Profile |
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Name: Mark David Wood
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Race: White |
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Age Now: 46 |
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Height: 5'8'' |
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Weight: 140 lbs. |
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Hair (Color, Description, Facial Hair): Brown
Cops say Wood was clean shaven at the time of the accident on July 26, 2005. |
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Eyes (Color and Correction): Brown |
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Wanted for :
Possession of Meth Lab Components, Kalamazoo County, MI;
Mar 28, 2005
Murder (2nd Degree), Mattawan, MI;
Jul 26, 2005
Fleeing a Police Officer, Mattawan, MI;
Jul 26, 2005
Unlawful Flight to Avoid Prosecution ;
Aug 2005
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Location(s) |
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Last Seen : Mattawan, MI |
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Possible Location : Michigan |
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Last Known : Unkown |
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Traits |
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Case Story |
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Rookie Michigan Cop Killed During High-Speed Chase |
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Michigan authorities are trying to track down Mark David Wood, who is suspected of fleeing from two Mattawan police officers during a high-speed chase that left one officer dead and another injured.
Officers Scot Beyerstedt and Scott Hutchins attempted to stop a blue Ford Escort for reckless driving on July 26, 2005 after the Van Buren County Sheriff's Office had issued a dispatch for area officers to be on the lookout for it. Officers Beyerstedt and Hutchins spotted the car and gave chase.
According to cops, a couple of minutes into the chase, Officer Beyerstedt lost control of the cruiser, left the road and hit a tree. He later died from his injuries. Officer Hutchins was severely injured, but survived the crash. |
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Cops Find Car Near Crash |
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Authorities recovered the Ford Escort in a wooded area about a mile north from where Officer Beyerstedt's cruiser crashed. Michigan State Police investigators traced the history of the vehicle and found that the current owner was Mark Wood. Police say Wood approached several people who live near the accident scene and asked for a ride to Kalamazoo shortly after the crash. Police believe Wood was carrying a gun at the time of the high-speed chase.
Cops also say Wood is wanted on drug charges in Kalamazoo County, where he was arrested in March 2005 with nearly all the supplies necessary to make methamphetamine -- the only thing missing were Sudafed tablets. |
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Rookie Cop Remembered |
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Officer Scot Beyerstedt joined the Mattawan Police Department as a part-time officer just 11 days before his death. He had previously served with the Cassapolis Police Department for four months. Beyerstedt was the first Mattawan police officer to lose his life in the line of duty. |
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