R.I. father says he'll kill son's murderer if man is released

(CBS/AP) PROVIDENCE, R.I. - The father of a 5-year-old boy slain by a neighbor in 1975 - who then kept the boy's shellacked skull and bones in his bedroom dresser - says he'll kill the man who was convicted if he is released 12 years early from a 40-year sentence.

Michael Woodmansee confessed to killing Jason Foreman in South Kingstown in 1983 and was convicted of second-degree murder.

The Providence Journal reports that Woodmansee is eligible for early release for good behavior as part of a plea bargain struck to spare the family the pain of a trial.

Foreman's father, John Foreman, tells WPRO-AM on Monday that if that happens, he intends to kill Woodmansee as aggressively and painfully as he killed Foreman's son.

"I do intend, if this man is released any where in my vicinity, or if I can find [him], I do intend to kill this man," John Foreman told the station Monday.

He called Woodmansee a monster and a cannibal who ate his son's flesh off his bones.

He told the station if Woodmansee gets out, he believes he would kill again.