Children's school photos, child porn writing found in accused killer's home

A purple folder found in the apartment of accused killer Craig Michael Wood contained material that sickened the officers who found out- and gave police what they say is a blueprint to how the former Springfield Pleasant View Middle School coach kidnapped, raped, and murdered 10-year-old Hailey Owens.

Documents filed in Greene County Circuit Court indicate that an FBI search warrant uncovered the purple folder in a dresser drawer in Wood's bedroom. It contained images of child pornography, school photos of "female children similar in age to the victim, along with handwritten erotic stories detailing the rapes of female minor children."

Also found in the drawer, according to the court documents, were "student records from a Springfield public school."

After investigating the material, police discovered that the names of two of the children in the handwritten stories matched the names of the two of the children in the school photos.

A motions hearing is scheduled for October 2 in Greene County Circuit Court.

Wood is charged with first degree murder, rape, sodomy, kidnapping, and armed criminal action in connection with the February 18 death of Hailey Owens, whose body was found in plastic bags in Wood's basement.

The probable cause statement can be found at this link.