Ronald Turney Williams

Ronald Turney Williams
Photograph taken 1976
Photograph taken 1976
FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitive
Charges
Alias
  • Charles Anderson
  • Billy Lynn Brown
  • Donald Brown
  • Bill Hicks
  • Buddy Ward
  • Eugene Ward
  • Kenneth Ward[1]
  • Bill Williams
  • Ronald Turley Williams
  • Ronnie Turley Williams[1]
  • Ronnie Turney Williams
  • et alii
Description
BornRonald Turney Williams
(1943-04-04) April 4, 1943 (age 81)
Keystone, West Virginia, U.S.[2]
NationalityAmerican
RaceWhite
GenderMale
Height5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight165 to 170 lb
Occupation
  • Laborer
  • Painter
  • Salesman
  • Welder
Status
ConvictionsFirst degree murder
PenaltyWest Virginia
Life imprisonment
Arizona
Death
StatusIncarcerated
AddedApril 16, 1980
CaughtJune 8, 1981
Number373
Captured

Ronald Turney Williams (born April 4, 1943) is an American serial killer, burglar, arsonist,[3] kidnapper,[3] prison escapee, and former fugitive. In 1979, Williams and fourteen other inmates escaped from the West Virginia State Penitentiary, where he was serving a life sentence for the 1975 murder of a police officer.[3] During the escape, Williams killed another police officer and committed another murder in Arizona in 1981 during his fugitive state.[4]

In 1981, the FBI tracked Williams to a Manhattan, New York motel, where a gunfight ensued between Williams and the agents, and Williams was seriously wounded and was apprehended.[5] For the murders, Williams received a second life sentence in West Virginia and in 1984 received the death penalty in Arizona.[6] He remains incarcerated at Mount Olive Correctional Complex in West Virginia.[7]

Victims

References

  1. ^ a b "Ronald Williams: Guilty or Not?". Bluefield Daily Telegraph. September 16, 1984. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
  2. ^ "'10 Most Wanted' includes mob figures, terrorists". The Record. September 14, 1980. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
  3. ^ a b c Mooney, Mark (June 9, 1981). "FBI Seizes Top Criminal In Shootout". Hartford Courant. UPI. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
  4. ^ Roberts, Laurie (February 11, 1984). "2-time murderer is found guilty in Valley killing". Arizona Republic. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
  5. ^ "Fugitive Captured in Hotel Shootout With FBI". The Chapel Hill News. UPI. June 9, 1981. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
  6. ^ "Judge in Phoenix sentences three-time killer Williams to death". Tucson Citizen. Associated Press. April 24, 1984. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
  7. ^ Kercheval, Hoppy (30 April 2019). "Ronald Turney Williams—from FBI's Most Wanted List to prison janitor". MetroNews. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
  8. ^ Mooney, Mark (June 9, 1981). "Fugitive captured in hotel shootout with FBI". UPI. Retrieved October 22, 2024.
  9. ^ "Suspect Named in Police Killing". New York Times. UPI. November 13, 1979. Retrieved October 22, 2024.
  10. ^ "Ronald Turney Williams, Petitioner-appellant, v. Terry L. Stewart, Director of Arizona Department of Corrections, Respondent-appellee, 441 F.3d 1030 (9th Cir. 2006)". Justia.
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