Yearly article- Tallahassee man missing (Mike Williams)

[GwinnettNole]

CBS 48 Hours has the Mike Williams story on right now (repeat from earlier this year)

**the ending was updated to reflect the proceedings in the trial and guilty charge.

 

[JonSch7]

Because our legal system is screwed up. Commit a moderate crime in Miami and you are likely to get probation, same crime in Pensacola gets you 5 years in jail. Difference is South Florida prisons are full and they aren't up north so the sentences are different. Yes, it is that screwed up.

This has more to do with judges and state attorneys, more than prisons. The state prison system sends inmates to a receiving facility when they enter, and then ship them off where there are openings. County jails are different story. Many are overcrowded and at capacity in largely populated counties. That's why many larger counties have alternatives to arrests for many crimes such as written arrests, civil citations, and diversion programs.

 

[AllNoles]

How do you pm somebody on here these days? I can't find the option and wanted to ask AllNoles something about the headstone.

I sent you a PM. You can get to it by looking at your alerts.

 

[Scalphunter]

A nicely written article in appreciation to the media member (Jennifer Portman) who gave Cheryl Williams a voice and jump started the criminal investigation:
https://www.tallahassee.com/story/n...er-portman-mike-williams-48-hours/2345881002/

 

[Scalphunter]

Good riddance!

Denise Williams sentenced to life for husband's murder
https://www.wctv.tv/content/news/WATCH-Denise-Williams-sentenced-for-husbands-murder-505409511.html

 

[Scalphunter]

Go here and type in or copy DC# F20231
http://www.dc.state.fl.us/OffenderSearch/Search.aspx?TypeSearch=AI


Dateline revisiting Mike Williams murder case Friday night (2/22/2019)

NBC’s Dateline will revisit the Mike Williams murder case Friday night with interviews including one with his mother Cheryl Williams.
She was instrumental in pressing investigators to look into her son’s disappearance in December 2000 while on a duck hunting trip to Lake Seminole. After 17 years it was proven he was murdered — shot and killed by his best friend Brian Winchester in a plot orchestrated by him and Williams’ wife Denise Williams, with whom he was having an affair.
She was convicted for her role in his murder in December and sentenced to life in prison earlier this month. Her arrest came after Winchester, who was granted immunity, confessed to the killing and implicated her in devising the murder for insurance money plot.

Friday’s episode will include footage from the week-long trial at the Leon County Courthouse. It airs at 10 p.m. on NBC.

 

[rustytew]

Go here and type in or copy DC# F20231
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Dateline revisiting Mike Williams murder case Friday night (2/22/2019)

NBC’s Dateline will revisit the Mike Williams murder case Friday night with interviews including one with his mother Cheryl Williams.
She was instrumental in pressing investigators to look into her son’s disappearance in December 2000 while on a duck hunting trip to Lake Seminole. After 17 years it was proven he was murdered — shot and killed by his best friend Brian Winchester in a plot orchestrated by him and Williams’ wife Denise Williams, with whom he was having an affair.
She was convicted for her role in his murder in December and sentenced to life in prison earlier this month. Her arrest came after Winchester, who was granted immunity, confessed to the killing and implicated her in devising the murder for insurance money plot.

Friday’s episode will include footage from the week-long trial at the Leon County Courthouse. It airs at 10 p.m. on NBC.

I watched the Dateline. I must be missing something. Denise Williams was convicted based solely on the word of a confessed liar and killer? Her lawyer got him to confess on the stand that he was a liar as well as a killer. Also, he had plenty of motive to falsely accuse Denise Williams. He had a deal with the prosecutors where he wouldn't be tried for murder if he testified against Denise Williams. Why would the jury convict her based on his testimony? Dateline must have left out some other evidence that would make the jury find her guilty. If I were on the jury I would never have found her guilty based on that slime's testimony. Can anybody shed some light on this? I guess the jury felt that the $1.7 million in insurance policies made her guilty, but the fact is (as her lawyer pointed out) that the case rested solely on Brian Winchester's testimony.

 

[dero316]

Can anybody shed some light on this?

There are 19 pages in this thread that contain much more info than the Dateline episode as well as comments from those that share the same doubts as you.

 

[dero316]

State drops fraud charges against Denise Williams

In documents filed with the court Tuesday morning, prosecutor Jon Fuchs said their main goal of ensuring Denise Williams did not profit from her husband’s death has been fulfilled.

Court documents show that Denise Williams’ assets have been transferred to the couple’s now grown daughter, Anslee. Court records show she signed an agreement saying she would not use the money to pay for her mother’s legal bills or appeals.

 

[ericram]

So she got to keep the murder money.