A Rhode Island community is reacting with shock and horror at the news that child murderer Michael Woodmansee will be released several years early from his prison sentence.

In 1983, Woodmansee confessed to the kidnapping and murder of 5-year-old Jason Foreman and got 40 years. The details of the case were particularly grisly: He kept the boy's skull and bones, along with a journal in which he wrote about consuming the victim's remains after the killing. Now, because of a prison reward system -- which shaves 10 days or more a month off inmates’ sentences for good behavior -- the 52-year-old Woodmansee is scheduled to be released 12 years sooner.

And, his neighbors couldn't be more terrified. Who wants a cannibalistic child murderer living in their community?

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