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A search of Williams' car turned up a St. Louis Post-Dispatch ruler and calculator that had belonged to Gayle. A laptop stolen from Gayle was also recovered from a man who testified that Williams had sold the victim’s laptop to him. [3] [6] Williams was convicted of first-degree murder in 2001, and received a death sentence. [5]
Marcellus Williams, 55, was convicted in the 1998 killing of Lisha Gayle, who was repeatedly stabbed during the burglary of her suburban St. Louis home. ... Williams was among death row inmates in ...
The twelve jurors deliberated for five hours. On June 15, 2001, they found Williams guilty of first-degree burglary, first-degree robbery, two counts of armed criminal action, and first-degree murder.
Missouri Death Row Inmate Marcellus Williams was executed by lethal injection on Sept. 24, 2024 in the 1998 stabbing death of Lisha Gayle, a former reporter for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. He was 55.
Marcellus Williams was executed in Missouri on Tuesday, having been convicted for the 1998 murder of Lisha Gayle, a former police reporter for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch killed during a burglary ...
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A judge declined Thursday to vacate the conviction and death sentence of Marcellus Williams, a Missouri man scheduled for execution later this month in the stabbing death of a woman in 1998, despite questions about DNA evidence on the knife used in the attack.
What happened to Marcellus Williams fits a sad pattern in this country's use of capital punishment. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to ...
Williams was convicted and sentenced to death in 2001 for the 1998 murder of Felicia Gayle, a social worker and well-known St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporter, who was killed in her home.