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Escambia Teen Pleads Guilty To Murdering His Father
August 1, 2011
An Escambia County teen is headed to prison for murdering his father.
Warren Williams, 15, pleaded guilty this morning to second degree murder for the death of 55-year old William Williams, a retired Marine. The young Williams, who was just accepted into the International Baccalaureate program at Pensacola High School, was watching the reality series “Survivor” while his mother attended a PTA meeting. During the program, he got up, left the room, and returned with the gun to shoot his father.
Warren Williams was only 14-years old when he shot and killed his father with a 9mm handgun inside their home off Scenic Highway in March 2010. He was sentenced to just over 20.5 years in state prison and 15 years probation by Circuit Judge Joel Boles.
During the sentencing phase, Boles recommended that Warren Williams be placed in the juvenile system until he turns 21. That decision will be made by the Florida Department of Corrections.
Warren Williams’ only brother, 12-year old Sawyer, committed suicide in 2003. The defense claimed Warren Williams suffered depression from the traumatic event.
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21 Responses to “Escambia Teen Pleads Guilty To Murdering His Father”
He’s still a killer in the eyes of the law
Hes a good person in General and didnt deserve all that time him and his mom are good ppl and help me out when i was going through alot and help me better myself to i prey he is ok no one deserves to be downing him and assuming hes a bad kid or was, hes a smart person and thank you warren and his mom i hope yall are ok
I think that this boy is very dangerous and should stay in prison for a much longer time. No matter what someone does no one has the right to take someomes life. This boy needs to stay where he is at because just think, anyone could be his next victim. And I say this because no one goes into prison crazy and comes out like a shiney new penny.
I actually spoke with his mother myself while she was on her inside the county jail to visit her son. And from my understanding the father was abusive . That is why the older of the two kids committed suicide. My prayers go out to him.nobody knows what that poor child has gone threw.
well if i was the judge i do not knew death by hanging sounds good to me he murder his dad
The boy repeatedly said he didn’t know why he did it. Perhaps mental instability is a suppressed family trait. Mental illness does frequently run in families. This poor mother has lost her husband and both of her children. She may be clinging to the only family she can salvage, or she may truly know that her son would never do this in his correct state of mind. Perhaps he did snap… or maybe years of anguish from repressed memories of losing his brother came to the surface and he couldn’t deal with it anymore.
While this is a tragic story full of uncertainties, please let us all be clear about one thing — it is entirely inappropriate to accuse the boy’s father of any wrongdoing.
This has been insinuated in multiple posts by people who have NO knowledge of the situation.
Lt. Col. Williams cannot defend himself, so someone must. He was one of the kindest gentlest men I have ever had the privilege to meet. He was a talented Marine fighter pilot, a decorated combat hero and winner of the Silver Star. He served his country, his community and his family to the best of his considerable abilities, and he is entirely without fault in this tragedy.
Let us not compound the tragedy by unfairly besmirching the good name and character of the victim.
“There but for the Grace of God go I”. May God have mercy on us all.
He appears so calm.
No one ever really can be sure what goes on in anyone else’s mind,
then again you also can never be sure what happens behind
closed doors.
This whole thing is just so horribly SAD. I don’t know how the mother
can live with all this.
God bless the living……as the
I too believe there is more to this sad story. Why would this child just get up, go into another room and retrieve a gun and just shoot his dad? I am, under no circumstances, blaming the father. This is just so sad all the way around……I pray for all involved!
Well from someone that worked for these people, after so long of abuse, children now days just can’t handle it. They have been raised to take care of themselves and this is the chance the young guy got and he took it. Yes it is very bad and I have so much heart ache for the young guy ’cause he was protecting himself from the future. And why do you think the oldest son killed himself to get out and that was the only way. he thought..
I know the Grandmother and knew the Step-Grandfather. These are fine people. What we really need to do is pray for this entire family. At this point nothing will bring back any of the ones who are gone, but this child, yes child, will have to live with all of this (loss of brother, killing father, and spending half of his life in prison) for many years and the rest of his life. Who knows what caused this, but thank God we are not the ones having to deal with this situation. How sad.
like most the community i know nothing other than what has been written about it. but, please think, the King brothers looked like angels too — The oldest one was a cold blooded killer and the youngest one is already out and in trouble again. My sorrow is for this boy’s mother – her family is gone and she is alone in her grief. Still, i truly believe this boy is yet another Monster either born or made or maybe a combination of both.
I have a good friend who has full knowledge of the case. The father was not at fault. Please get off of that kick. The young fellow has a ton of problems and life is going to be rough for him being locked up. Knowing a little about the total family there could be some interesting stories. Please note the grandmothers name.
“…I believe his father probably deserved what he got.”
Maybe, but that’s a pretty judgemental statement to make without knowing any of the details.
Just a tragic story of this family. Don’t know of anything else to say.
I feel for this KID…my son is only 14 & WELL..this is soo sad!!!! But he did take responsibilty by pleading GUILTY. . I hope the PRISON SYSTEM doesnt mess him up anymore..
I feel sorry for this boy. I personally do not believe a 14 year old boy just suddenly snaps. I believe he was being abused by his father and I believe his father probably deserved what he got.
Obviously the boy needed therapy since his brother died, but I bet he did not get a single minute of it.
God help him.
12 year old son commits suicide.
14 year old son kills you.
I would think there is a story behind those closed doors.
Interesting case. If he had made it through high school and then shot his father, after he had turned 18, I wonder if he would have gotten all the sympathy from the community that he has been receiving.
Today’s lesson: Smart, talented, fun, rich and attractive people of all ages can sin, sin, sin just like the rest of us.
He killed his earthly father, pray that he may turn to his heavenly Father in repentance. May God bless and be merciful to his mother.
Was any motive given at any time? That’s probably what we all want to know.