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- Gender
- male
- Country
- USA
- Location
- Jefferson County, Missouri, USA
- Date of birth
- September 27, 1959
- Age at first offence
- 31
- Characteristics
- rape
- Victim profile
- Cynthia Williams
- Method of murder
- Beating with a pipe
- Date(s) of murder
- December 22, 1990
- Years active
- 1990
- Date of arrest
- —
- Status
-
Died in custody
Sentenced to death July 17, 1992; died in prison August 8, 2007
Case information
Defendant: Brian Kinder
Background
On Friday, December 21, 1990, at about 6:30 p.m., Kinder went with Don Williams to the home of Williams’ estranged wife, Cynthia Williams, to pick up two of the Williams’ children for the weekend. The Williams’ third child, Donald Culton, remained at his mother’s home for the evening. Cynthia Williams came home from work and then went out with relatives on that Friday evening.
The offence
At about 10:00 or 10:30 that same night, Kinder returned to his own home. Earl Smith, who was at the Kinder home, saw Kinder with a pipe that had black tape on one end. Kinder left his home at about 11:00 or 11:30 p.m.
At about 12:00 or 12:30 a.m., Kinder, with pipe in hand, was standing outside of Gibb’s Esquire Bar, which was 40 yards from Cynthia William’s home, and while there he got into an argument with Dwayne Wingo. Wingo left the area at about 1:00 a.m., drove past Cynthia Williams’ home to a restaurant, and then returned to the bar. During the trip he saw Kinder coming out of Cynthia Williams’ home, and on his return, he saw Kinder back in front of the bar.
At some point after midnight and after Cynthia Williams had returned home, Donald Culton was awakened by a noise that sounded like a briefcase or shoes dragging on the floor. He also heard "the sound of someone trying to breathe." The next morning, Donald found his mother’s unclothed body lying on her bed in a pool of blood. He then went to his next-door neighbors’ house and told them his mother was dead, and the police were called.
Investigation
A pathologist determined that Cynthia Williams died from extensive head injuries caused by multiple blows with a reasonably heavy blunt object, and that her injuries were consistent with being beaten with a pipe.
Trial
The case involved United States Court of Appeals For the Eighth Circuit opinion State of Missouri v. Brian Kinder 942 S.W. 2d 313 (Mo.banc 1996).
Sentencing
Kinder was sentenced to death on July 17, 1992.
Outcome
Kinder died of natural causes at 7:06 a.m., August 8, 2007, at the Potosi Correctional Center.
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