Maryland
Three Girls Ages 6, 9 Stabbed To Death, Relative Convicted Of Murders: State’s Attorney
PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY, MD — Antonio Williams, 30, has been discovered responsible by a Prince George’s County jury for the first-degree murders of three younger ladies — his sisters and two cousins — in August 2017.
After six years of being held with out bond, a four-day trial and two hours of deliberation, Williams was convicted of three counts of first-degree homicide and three counts of first-degree youngster abuse leading to demise.
On Aug. 18, 2017, about 7:30 a.m., Williams’ mom got here residence from working her nursing shift and located her six-year-old daughter and two visiting feminine cousins brutally stabbed and unresponsive in a basement bed room, prosecutors mentioned.
Williams’ sister, Nadira Janae’ Withers, 6, and visiting cousins Ariana Elizabeth DeCree, 9, and Ajayah Royale DeCree, 6, had been left in Williams’ care, who was 25 on the time of the murders.
Williams later confessed to taking a knife from the kitchen and going to the downstairs bed room the place the ladies have been sleeping. After killing all three kids, he cleaned the knife and put it again within the kitchen and washed the garments he was sporting, in keeping with the Workplace of the State’s Legal professional in Prince George’s County.
Williams faces a possible most sentence of triple life with out the potential of parole; he is scheduled to be sentenced Could 19.
“This case is about three treasured little ladies who had a proper to develop up, pursue their goals and have a shiny future. As an alternative, they ended up within the care of somebody they trusted, who took his frustrations out on them and dedicated these heinous murders, and now they are going to by no means be capable to inform their very own tales. My coronary heart continues to be with the households of those harmless younger victims. After six lengthy years, I’m grateful that they will lastly get justice for these three treasured little ladies. My workplace will do every thing we will presumably do to make sure that Mr. Williams will face his penalties and by no means stroll the streets of Prince George’s County once more,” State’s Legal professional Aisha Braveboy mentioned.