Drug Dealer and Murderer Executed By Lethal Injection in Ohio

By Cecilia Green

Published on October 25, 2005

Willie Williams Jr., 48, was put to death by lethal injection at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility for the murders of four individuals.

Williams played a major role in the drug trafficking scene in Youngstown, Ohio until he was caught and sentenced to five years in a California prison for trafficking cocaine.

In 1991, after serving his five-year sentence, Williams was released from prison. It was at this time that he returned to Youngstown. Williams claimed to be reformed, but continued seeking out his former drug rivals.

After trying unsuccessfully to gather information from police, Williams worked with some associates to track down three of his rivals. He then made arrangments for all the men to meet and proceeded to kill them.

Williams's victims included suspected drug dealers, 21-year-old Alfonda Madison, 23-year-old William Dent, and 20-year-old Eric Howard, as well as another man, Theodore Wynn, 23, who had been recently discharged from the Air Force and was visiting his friends Madison and Howard.

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