Man accused of killing girl, 5, after paying victim's mom to have sex with youngster is now suspected of beating his newborn daughter to death on Alaskan US Air Force base in 2005
A man accused of murdering a five-year-old girl after bribing her mother to have sex with the infant in Alabama is now being probed over the 2005 murder of his one month-old daughter on an Alaskan air base.
Police in North Pole, Alaska, announced that it reopened the investigation into the death of one-month-old Naudia Treniece Williams in 2005, the daughter of suspect Jeremy Williams.
North Pole Police Chief Steve Dutra confirmed the reopening into the investigation related to the death of Williams’ daughter on Thursday. She said that Williams, who has a lengthy history with child abuse charges, was considered a prime suspect.
The case was reopened following Williams’ arrest in the Holland case, Dutra added, although no charges have been filed, WBRL reported. He was originally considered a suspect at the time of Naudia's death, although investigators were unable to gather sufficient evidence to charge him then.
Williams is currently facing separate capital murder charges in relation to the murder of five-year-old Kamarie Holland. On Dec. 13, Holland was reported missing by her mother, Kristy Siple in Columbus, Georgia.
She was later found dead on the same evening of that day in a house that Williams used to reside in Phenix City, Alabama. Williams was arrested that day.
Back in 2005, Williams lived with the baby's mother, who hasn't been named in North Pole, where she was stationed while serving an undisclosed role in the Air Force. The baby's sudden death, which was ruled as blunt force trauma, was scrutinized by the Air Force and the North Pole Police Department.
After Williams' arrest in Alabama last month, Russell County Sheriff Heath Taylor referred to the Alaska case.
'We have information where he was a suspect in a one-year-old death in Alaska where he was a suspect but never charged because of not able to get enough evidence in that case,' Taylor said at a press conference, held on Dec. 14.
Kamarie's mother, Kristin Siple (pictured with the child), knew Williams, but law enforcement has not specified to what degree due to a gag order issued by Russell County Circuit Court Judge David Johnson
Williams had been charged with child abuse crimes in the past but was never convicted. Pictured in court Tuesday in December
Kamarie was a very loving child, her mother said. She lived with her father, Colley Hollands, in Phenix City, Alabama
Siple was also charged with her daughter’s murder, as well as human trafficking and murder during a kidnapping, rape, and sodomy. Williams will also be charged with the production of child pornography, Taylor said.
Hoskins said she picked up Kamarie to spend the weekend with her. Kamarie lived in Phenix City with her father, Corey Holland, who had custody of her.
'I'm a mommy. I did not have nothing to do with this,' Hoskins told local ABC News. 'She was my life. I lived for her daily. She was my only girl. I have 3 boys and her.'
If found guilty of Holland’s murder, Williams could face the death penalty, as it is a form of capital punishment in both Georgia and Alabama.
During a press conference on December 14, Russell County Sheriff Heath Taylor said he believed Kamarie had been sexually assaulted
Kristy Siple was convicted of her daughter’s murder, as well as human trafficking and murder during a kidnapping, rape, and sodomy, although she claims she's innocent
The cordoned-off abandoned house where Kamarie's body was found
Prior to Kamarie's death, Williams has been charged with child abuse in the past, but was never convicted. A week prior to Kamarie's death, he pleaded not guilty to slapping his wife in front of a child.
Williams was also a suspect in the murder of a one-year-old boy in Alabama and was accused of lowering a three-year-old boy into a bowl of boiling water in 2009.
His defense argued that the boy had poured the water on himself. Williams was acquitted in 2012.
'It's a difficult time. It's been a very difficult time. Corey is basically beside himself. We are out trying to take care of everything for him,' said Kamarie's cousin, Adrienne Davis about the child's father.
'It's a difficult time. It's been a very difficult time. Corey is basically beside himself. We are out trying to take care of everything for him,' said Kamarie's cousin, Adrienne Davis about the child's father
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