Case 227
Mike Williams
The weekend of December 16 2000 was shaping up to be a good one for Tallahassee man Mike Williams. With a romantic getaway planned to celebrate his sixth wedding anniversary to his wife Denise, Mike got up early to sneak in a couple hours of duck hunting on Lake Seminole. When he failed to return home, Denise quickly raised the alarm.
Investigators soon concluded that Mike had drowned and alligators had eaten his remains. But with no body and no evidence, Mike’s mother Cheryl Williams refused to believe this explanation. Would her tireless crusade for the truth eventually pay off?
CREDITS
EPISODE:
Research & writing – Elsha McGill
Creative direction – Milly Raso
Narration – Anonymous Host
MUSIC:
‘Flatline intro’ and ‘Come play with me’ intro and outro – www.dl-sounds.com
Audio production – Mike Migas
Scoring – Mike Migas and Andrew Joslyn
OTHER:
Logo and website design – Paulina Szymanska
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RESOURCES
COURT DOCUMENTS
VIDEOS
He goes missing, his wife marries his best friend
Meet, Marry Murder: Season 10 Episode 1
Kidnapping of Denise Williams by Husband and Killer Brian Winchester
The Irony! Denise Williams testifies as a victim in the Brian Winchester case
ONLINE ARTICLES
From the archives: Mike Williams disappears from Lake Seminole in 2000 – The Tallahassee Democrat
Where is Mike Williams? Mother hopes for break in 16-year-old cold case – Fox News
Denise Williams trial: A timeline of the Mike Williams murder case – The Tallahassee Democrat
Double lives and a murder for marriage: Confession details plot to kill Mike Williams – The Tallahassee Democrat
Court records: Fears over Mike Williams case drove 2016 kidnapping by Brian Winchester – The Tallahassee Democrat
Secret recordings of Denise Williams reveal conversation about husband’s murder – New York Post
The mom at the center of a deadly love triangle with her high school sweetheart – New York Post
Mother a driving force as jury finds answers to man’s 2000 disappearance – CBS News
The plea deal: Immunity for Brian Winchester cracked Mike Williams case – The Tallahassee Democrat
Mike Williams’ mom: ‘They did not have the right to kill my son’ – The Tallahassee Democrat
Police blamed his death on alligators. But now his high school sweetheart is headed to prison – The Washington Post
On day she was kidnapped, investigators grilled Denise on Mike Williams’ disappearance – The Tallahassee Democrat
NEWSPAPER.COM ARTICLES
Nice guy, hard worker, avid hunter, devoted dad – The Tallahassee Democrat
Man with ties to cold case in jail on unrelated charges – The Tallahassee Democrat
Mike Williams timeline – The Tallahassee Democrat
Mike Williams to get proper burial after public funeral – The Tallahassee Democrat
Mike Williams 20 year remembrance – The Tallahassee Democrat
OTHER
Help find Jerry Michael Williams – Facebook Page
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