Waldorf Man Found Guilty of Murdering His Wife While She Slept

Waldorf man found guilty of murdering his wife while she slept

A Waldorf, Maryland, man has been convicted of first-degree murder for shooting his wife in the back of the head while she slept on a December night in 2022, the Charles County State’s Attorney’s Office announced Monday. After a four-day trial, a jury found 36-year-old Travis Edward Paschal Wood guilty of murdering his wife, Shawnda Nicole Wood, 32. According to prosecutors, Travis walked into the Charles County Sheriff’s Office on Dec. 9, 2022,…

Jury Finds Waldorf Man Guilty in 2022 Spousal Slaying

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UPDATE: Waldorf Man Found Guilty of the First-Degree Murder of His Wife

UPDATE 10/27/2025: Tony Covington, State’s Attorney for Charles County, announced that on Thursday, October 23, 2025, a Charles County jury, after a four-day trial, convicted Travis Edward Paschal Wood, 36, of First-Degree Murder and Use of a Firearm During the Commission of a Crime of Violence in connection with the murder of his wife, Shawnda Nicole Wood. On December 9, 2022, Wood and his female cousin entered the Charles County Sheriff’s Offi…