As of 2021, she is known as Louise Elkes (after taking on her husband's surname) and the pair live in Shropshire with their daughter, who was born in 2014. Before becoming a parent, Woodward told the Daily Mail: "I know there are some people waiting for me to have a baby so they can say nasty things."12 Jan 2022
Is Louise Woodward free now?
Woodward's legal team filed post-conviction motions, pleading for a change in conviction. And on November 10, Judge Zobel reduced the conviction to involuntary manslaughter. Woodward's sentence was reduced to time served. As she spent 279 days awaiting trial she was free to leave prison.11 Jan 2022
How much time did Louise Woodward serve?
279 days
What happened to matthew eappen?
What happened to Matthew Eappen? Four days later the eight-month-old was rushed to hospital after falling unconscious while in her care in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1997. He was rushed to Boston Children's Hospital and put on a life support machine but tragically six days later, he died of a brain haemorrhage.
Did Louise Woodward appeal?
Appeal. Woodward's legal team filed post-conviction motions to the trial court, and the hearing opened on 4 November. However, in a 4–3 split decision, the court rejected the prosecution's appeal against the reduction of the conviction to involuntary manslaughter, and the sentence, on 16 June 1998.
Why was Louise Woodward freed?
Woodward was charged with first-degree murder, and was denied bail while being held at a maximum security prison until the trial.
Is Louise Woodward innocent?
Woodward herself pleaded not guilty to battery of a child, but the prosecution painted her as a "a liar" and she was ultimately convicted of second-degree murder, which carries a mandatory life sentence.12 Jan 2022
Where are the Eappen family now?
'" Deborah and Sunil have three other children, Brendan, Kevin and Elisabeth and are also still practising medicine, according to The Sun - Sunil as an anesthesiologist in Boston, Massachusetts and Deborah as an ophthalmologist in Wellesley, Massachusetts.10 Jan 2022
What Happened to baby Mathew?
Matthew died six days after Woodward called the ambulance. He had suffered a severe brain haemorrhage and doctors decided to switch off his life support machine. Prosecutors then announced they would seek a murder indictment. The trial took place in October 1997.9 Jan 2022