60 years for Wood Grill Buffet killer

Roderick McDowell, 25, the man convicted of fatally bludgeoning William Godsey, 48, with a baseball bat outside the eatery where Godsey's wife, Sandra, worked and was leaving with the day's proceeds April 12, 2007, is sentenced to 45 years for first-degree murder and 15 for robbery July 29 in Albemarle Circuit Court. McDowell, a former employee at the buffet, was convicted on the testimony of jailhouse witnesses, and his accomplice has not been charged.