Time to call the cops Wood’s release hasn’t solved the crime ow that the state has decided to drop its prosecution of Raymond Wood for the death of his former girlfriend Bessie Selek one passage in this sad story ends and another begins ‘ This is the one where Wood will try to rebuild his life after spending a year in jail for a crime he might not have committed He was released Monday night from the York County Jail in Alfred without fanfare and with limited resources The state has failed to prove Wood or anyone else guilty of running down Selek on April 20 1999 as she walked along Route 202 in Waterboro Two confessions Wood made after his arrest were thrown out because of coercion by police and the physical evidence against him was minimal THb question now is whether anyone will ever pay for the death of Selek 42 who left behind parents three brothers and two sisters in other New England states If anyone has evidence that more concretely ties Wood or another driver to the crime he or she will have to decide whether to come forward or bury the knowledge Potential witnesses should talk Otherwise this case will never be solved Officially it’s still open but police are unlikely to spend much r energy looking for another driver tijey believe Wood is guilty Selek deserves better than to have her death remain unsolved and foigot-' ten Her family deserves to know whether she was the victim of an abusive relationship or of a random accident ’Wood deserves better too If he is guilty he should pay rather than compromise the rest of his life by perpetuating a lie If he’s innocent he should be cleared not merely freed from prosecution Otherwise he’ll always live under a cloud - EDITORIAL POLICY: the Journal Tribune’s editorials are the newspaper's expression of its opinion on matters of public interest The editorials are written by the editorial writer in consultation with the publisher avail-(