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Missouri Supreme Court sets August execution date for convicted killer; victim was a former newspaper reporter |
By missourinet.com- Brian Hauswirth |
Published: 04/27/2017 |
The Missouri Supreme Court has scheduled an August 22 execution date for convicted killer Marcellus Williams. Williams, 48, was convicted of first degree murder for the gruesome August 1998 killing of former “St. Louis Post-Dispatch” reporter Felicia “Lisha” Gayle. Prosecutors say Williams was looking for a house to break into on August 11, 1998, when he broke into Gayle’s home in St. Louis County’s University City. Prosecutors say he waited for her to leave the shower. Gayle was stabbed 43 times. Williams reportedly stole the victim’s purse and her husband’s laptop. Police later reportedly found a “Post-Dispatch” ruler and a calculator that belonged to Gayle in Williams’ vehicle. There were also allegations that another woman who had found the purse earlier demanded an explanation from Williams, who allegedly grabbed the woman by the throat and threatened to kill her, her children and her mother if she ever told anyone. Read More. |
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