Murder trial set to begin for ‘Keller black widow’
By Domingo Ramirez Jr., Fort Worth Star-Telegram | |
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The documents and previous testimony have been filled with contradictions, twists and turns since the case began on
Prosecutors plan to introduce material showing that Williams, now 45: asked her sons to help frame her husband's ex-wife for his murder; submitted a phony sonogram to try to prove she was pregnant and delay her sentencing; and rushed to complete Bible study assignments in order to look good at trial.
Williams is also charged with tampering with evidence. Testimony at her trial in
Prosecutors and Williams' defense attorneys have declined to comment on the upcoming trial. But the documents indicate that prosecutors will introduce more than 50 instances of extraneous offenses, bad character and bad acts.
Previously filed documents show that Williams stood to benefit from two life insurance policies worth
Changing stories
When he died,
Williams initially blamed the shooting on a nighttime intruder at their home in the 1400 block of
Then she changed her story and told police her husband killed himself. She said she had lied to protect their daughter -- who was in the house at the time of the shooting -- from finding out that her father committed suicide.
A search warrant affidavit indicates that investigators thought Williams might have sedated her husband and turned up the TV to cover the sound of the gunshot. The affidavit also implied that she used the Internet to research how to stage a crime scene.
Documents show that after the killing Williams asked her sons,
Williams was indicted on a murder charge in 2012, but prosecutors said they offered her a plea agreement because of "serious legal and technical issues with the investigation." She pleaded guilty to deadly conduct and tampering with evidence in
After the plea, Williams claimed she was pregnant with twins and offered the court a fake picture of a sonogram and a letter from UT Southwestern entitled "Confirmation of Pregnancy" as proof, documents show. Sentencing was set for April, but the date was moved to February when court officials learned she was not pregnant.
After her husband's death, she had worked at a fitness center, and -- after she had told officials she was pregnant and was wearing an ankle monitor while free on bail -- she worked as a waitress at a strip club.
She had also apparently pursued a side business, Pleasure Builder, in which participants allow others to view sexual recordings for money, according to documents filed in court.
Internet searches
From
In a jailhouse interview with the
Williams declined during the
But she was more forthcoming the next day with 48 Hours, in a segment that was not scheduled to air until after Wisch formally sentenced her. After she told a 48 Hours TV crew that she was innocent, state District Judge
In late July, documents show, she told her boyfriend she had a 20-page Bible study assignment to complete, and that she needed to finish as many as possible to present during her murder trial.
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