Thomas C. Wood is charged with the murder of Sierra Giorgi whom he had met at Gabriele's Karate Kickbox Studio where she worked as a karate instructor. After dating for a short while, Giorgi wanted to end the relationship as she was afraid and suspicious of Wood. She even told her friends about her concerns about Wood in case something happened to her. After going out to dinner with a co-worker after work, she was later found stabbed to death in her car which was parked right outside the studio. Wood has been convicted before on stabbing a 67 year old man in 1990.
CLARIFICATION: 9/13/05
The perpetrator was not an employee of the studio and I am uncertain if he was a student. The unnamed co-worker with whom she had dinner with earlier in the night was not involved with this tragedy. While blog is about workplace violence, the definition includes violence from clients, intimate partners and even strangers. Workplace violence is violence that occurs in the workplace or vicinity.
I cannot express the sorrow and senselessness of this terrible loss. I only hope that by increasing awareness, future crimes can be prevented.
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It should be made VERY clear that it wasn't the coworker who killed her. It was a boyfriend who didn't work with her or even go to the karate school.
Tom Woods was not Sierra Giorgi's boyfriend! They were aquaintences! There was no romantic relationship between them...and while it was NOT a co-worker that killed her, she did meet her perpertrator at the karate school, so there is a workplace connection.
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