Christopher Williams
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- Gender
- male
- Country
- USA
- Location
- Germantown, Pennsylvania, USA
- Date of birth
- January 11, 1960
- Age at first offence
- 29
- Characteristics
- drugs
- Victim profile
- Otis Reynolds, 22, Kevin Anderson, 19, and Gavin Anderson (drug dealers)
- Method of murder
- Shooting
- Date(s) of murder
- September 25, 1989
- Years active
- 1989
- Date of arrest
- —
- Status
-
Sentenced to death
Sentenced to three consecutive death sentences in 1993; convicted in the 1989 murders of 3 men in Germantown, Pennsylvania; the state Supreme Court upheld the death sentence on Oct. 2, 1998; the execution had been scheduled for March 23, but he received a stay; the US Supreme Court denied his petition and the stay was lifted
Background
Christopher Williams was convicted in the 1989 murders of 3 men in Germantown, Pennsylvania. Otis Reynolds, 22, Kevin Anderson, 19, and Gavin Anderson were drug dealers from New York. They had come to the Philadelphia area with $26,400 in drug money to buy guns.
The offence
The three men were shot and their bodies were dumped in different various locations.
On 2/18/89, Williams killed William Graham, 63, a cab driver who was shot in the back of the head. Testimony showed that Williams killed William Graham to prove that he could kill an innocent person.
Trial
The jury recommended three death sentences.
Williams received a life sentence in this case.
Sentencing
Williams was sentenced to three consecutive death sentences in 1993.
Appeals
The state Supreme Court upheld Williams' death sentence on Oct. 2, 1998. Williams' execution had been scheduled for March 23, but he received a stay. The US Supreme Court denied his petition and the stay was lifted.
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