1 00:00:00,880 --> 00:00:05,279 Speaker 1: When calls go unanswered. A family and community of Pensacken, 2 00:00:05,360 --> 00:00:09,280 Speaker 1: New Jersey, is shaken by the disappearance of a sixteen 3 00:00:09,440 --> 00:00:10,120 Speaker 1: year old. 4 00:00:09,960 --> 00:00:10,920 Speaker 2: High school student. 5 00:00:11,560 --> 00:00:12,640 Speaker 3: Panic sets in. 6 00:00:12,720 --> 00:00:16,120 Speaker 1: As her loved ones and the entire town rally together 7 00:00:16,440 --> 00:00:17,040 Speaker 1: in their. 8 00:00:16,920 --> 00:00:17,759 Speaker 3: Search for her. 9 00:00:18,280 --> 00:00:21,840 Speaker 1: With detectives working on the case and family members on 10 00:00:21,920 --> 00:00:26,040 Speaker 1: a quest for answers, everyone is determined to solve the 11 00:00:26,120 --> 00:00:30,280 Speaker 1: chilling mystery of her disappearance and bring their loved one 12 00:00:30,480 --> 00:00:31,200 Speaker 1: back home. 13 00:00:31,760 --> 00:00:36,280 Speaker 3: What happens when love becomes fatal? This is a fatal 14 00:00:36,320 --> 00:00:40,040 Speaker 3: Attraction podcast with deadly desire. 15 00:00:48,200 --> 00:00:51,919 Speaker 4: November twenty ninth, two thousand and three. It's the Saturday 16 00:00:51,920 --> 00:00:56,080 Speaker 4: after Thanksgiving in pennsack And, New Jersey, a charming, family 17 00:00:56,080 --> 00:01:00,360 Speaker 4: friendly community just across the river from downtown Philly. 18 00:01:00,760 --> 00:01:07,440 Speaker 5: Pensacan is a peaceful community, a loving towns right outside Philadelphia, 19 00:01:07,520 --> 00:01:10,319 Speaker 5: and around Thanksgiving, it's a wonderful time. 20 00:01:11,120 --> 00:01:14,399 Speaker 2: It's a festive time of year, the beauty of autumn 21 00:01:14,560 --> 00:01:17,120 Speaker 2: with all of the trees you would see, the goals 22 00:01:17,160 --> 00:01:17,760 Speaker 2: and the ambers. 23 00:01:19,080 --> 00:01:22,160 Speaker 5: It's the perfect time of year for families to celebrate 24 00:01:22,200 --> 00:01:23,280 Speaker 5: and enjoy one another. 25 00:01:26,880 --> 00:01:30,320 Speaker 4: But for the parents of one local teen, Sharita Williams, 26 00:01:30,760 --> 00:01:33,360 Speaker 4: it's proving hard to stay in the holiday spirit. 27 00:01:34,800 --> 00:01:38,399 Speaker 5: The Friday after Thanksgiving, she had told her parents that 28 00:01:38,560 --> 00:01:41,959 Speaker 5: she was going to the Nailsalignes with her friend. 29 00:01:43,160 --> 00:01:46,160 Speaker 6: Rida, left the house around five thirty in the evening. 30 00:01:47,800 --> 00:01:50,920 Speaker 7: She didn't return home that night. Her parents wasn't that 31 00:01:51,080 --> 00:01:52,080 Speaker 7: concern at first. 32 00:01:53,240 --> 00:01:56,840 Speaker 6: They assume she has spent the night with her best friend, Adriana. 33 00:01:57,920 --> 00:02:01,200 Speaker 5: Her friend lived approximately five minutes away, and this is 34 00:02:01,240 --> 00:02:03,160 Speaker 5: something that they did on a regular basis. 35 00:02:06,480 --> 00:02:09,520 Speaker 4: However, when Sharita's parents still hadn't heard from their daughter 36 00:02:09,560 --> 00:02:12,800 Speaker 4: the next morning, they knew what was time to check in. 37 00:02:13,800 --> 00:02:16,399 Speaker 8: This was back in two thousand and three, so Sharita 38 00:02:16,440 --> 00:02:18,760 Speaker 8: didn't have a cell phone. The only way to reach 39 00:02:18,800 --> 00:02:20,120 Speaker 8: her was to call her friends home. 40 00:02:21,639 --> 00:02:26,960 Speaker 4: Hey, Adriana. When Adriana answers their call, they realized they 41 00:02:27,000 --> 00:02:28,360 Speaker 4: were right to worry. 42 00:02:29,080 --> 00:02:31,040 Speaker 9: Adriana wasn't with Sharita. 43 00:02:31,720 --> 00:02:34,359 Speaker 5: Sharita had not spent the night with her. 44 00:02:35,080 --> 00:02:40,080 Speaker 10: But you sorry yesterday right now, you didn't go to 45 00:02:40,120 --> 00:02:41,079 Speaker 10: the Nelson Line together. 46 00:02:42,040 --> 00:02:44,320 Speaker 11: No, I've just been here with my family. 47 00:02:45,800 --> 00:02:48,480 Speaker 7: She found out that they had never gotten together. 48 00:02:49,639 --> 00:02:51,880 Speaker 5: She was not where she said she was going to be, 49 00:02:52,960 --> 00:02:55,200 Speaker 5: So you don't know where she is. 50 00:02:56,520 --> 00:03:00,360 Speaker 12: I'm sorry it became a panning situation. Because she's not 51 00:03:00,440 --> 00:03:01,799 Speaker 12: with her, then who. 52 00:03:01,639 --> 00:03:01,960 Speaker 7: Is she with? 53 00:03:07,080 --> 00:03:10,960 Speaker 4: A Native of Pensaucka, New Jersey, sixteen year old Charita 54 00:03:11,000 --> 00:03:13,560 Speaker 4: Williams grew up in a stable and loving home. 55 00:03:14,080 --> 00:03:16,200 Speaker 9: She was the middle child of three children. 56 00:03:17,120 --> 00:03:19,080 Speaker 5: She was well loved within her family. 57 00:03:20,000 --> 00:03:21,520 Speaker 11: Family was very important to her. 58 00:03:24,919 --> 00:03:29,880 Speaker 4: Known for her bubbly personality, Sharita had earned the nickname Sunshine. 59 00:03:30,919 --> 00:03:32,399 Speaker 11: Sharita was so charismatic. 60 00:03:33,400 --> 00:03:37,000 Speaker 5: She was the type of person that everyone loved. People 61 00:03:37,000 --> 00:03:40,480 Speaker 5: were naturally joined to her because she had a kind heart. 62 00:03:41,520 --> 00:03:44,920 Speaker 2: Charita Williams was one of those bright shining stars. 63 00:03:45,480 --> 00:03:48,400 Speaker 5: She was extremely persistent. It's the type of person that 64 00:03:48,920 --> 00:03:52,600 Speaker 5: if she wanted to do something, there was nothing stopping her. 65 00:03:53,560 --> 00:03:56,800 Speaker 7: She had aspirations of going to college and she wanted 66 00:03:56,800 --> 00:03:58,520 Speaker 7: to get involved in doing social work. 67 00:04:03,280 --> 00:04:07,040 Speaker 4: Gorgeous inside and out, no one was surprised when Sharita 68 00:04:07,080 --> 00:04:09,600 Speaker 4: found herself popular among the boys at school. 69 00:04:10,880 --> 00:04:14,080 Speaker 5: Sarita, any chance I can cover your nose, r englestaff, 70 00:04:14,280 --> 00:04:16,080 Speaker 5: Hey sure, just make. 71 00:04:16,000 --> 00:04:17,440 Speaker 4: Sure I get them back this time. Okay. 72 00:04:17,640 --> 00:04:21,360 Speaker 5: Of course, she had a lot of guys who were 73 00:04:21,400 --> 00:04:25,000 Speaker 5: interested in her because she was absolutely beautiful, and she 74 00:04:25,160 --> 00:04:26,960 Speaker 5: had a great personality. 75 00:04:27,800 --> 00:04:30,360 Speaker 2: She's the person who you can't believe is speaking to you, 76 00:04:30,680 --> 00:04:33,640 Speaker 2: because you swear she must know how pretty she is 77 00:04:33,800 --> 00:04:36,159 Speaker 2: and how popular she is, and a lot of people 78 00:04:36,600 --> 00:04:39,240 Speaker 2: would have presumed her to be unapproachable, but she was 79 00:04:39,279 --> 00:04:40,120 Speaker 2: the opposite of that. 80 00:04:41,720 --> 00:04:45,520 Speaker 12: At Sharita's age, this is the time when everybody's trying 81 00:04:45,600 --> 00:04:49,760 Speaker 12: to find someone to connect with, where you really want 82 00:04:49,800 --> 00:04:52,520 Speaker 12: to just have somebody for yourself, and she was looking 83 00:04:52,560 --> 00:04:54,600 Speaker 12: to find out someone that she liked. 84 00:04:57,640 --> 00:04:59,600 Speaker 6: You don't know where she is. 85 00:05:00,680 --> 00:05:03,880 Speaker 4: But now Sharita has gone from having the world at 86 00:05:03,880 --> 00:05:07,560 Speaker 4: her fingertips, thank you, to disappearing off the face of it. 87 00:05:08,279 --> 00:05:11,279 Speaker 11: I can't imagine how Surda's mom and dad may have felt. 88 00:05:11,520 --> 00:05:15,680 Speaker 5: So make some o disapparent's greatest fear when a child 89 00:05:15,839 --> 00:05:16,320 Speaker 5: is missing. 90 00:05:16,680 --> 00:05:17,480 Speaker 2: Have youre from Trida? 91 00:05:18,120 --> 00:05:22,160 Speaker 4: Frantic with worry. Sharita's parents spend the entire morning trying 92 00:05:22,200 --> 00:05:23,599 Speaker 4: to track their daughter down. 93 00:05:23,720 --> 00:05:25,440 Speaker 10: Okay, if you see a have a call me. 94 00:05:25,520 --> 00:05:25,799 Speaker 2: Okay. 95 00:05:26,000 --> 00:05:28,320 Speaker 11: They started calling and contacting her friends to see if 96 00:05:28,360 --> 00:05:30,160 Speaker 11: they knew where she was at when you go to 97 00:05:30,200 --> 00:05:31,200 Speaker 11: the police. 98 00:05:31,200 --> 00:05:34,919 Speaker 4: But by lunchtime they're no closer to finding Sharita. 99 00:05:35,640 --> 00:05:37,599 Speaker 7: Of course, they went to report her mission at the 100 00:05:37,600 --> 00:05:38,320 Speaker 7: police department. 101 00:05:42,040 --> 00:05:44,560 Speaker 5: Hi, excuse me, we need to follow this in person's 102 00:05:44,600 --> 00:05:45,600 Speaker 5: report for our daughter. 103 00:05:45,880 --> 00:05:47,520 Speaker 10: Has anything like this happened with her before. 104 00:05:48,040 --> 00:05:51,279 Speaker 5: It's common for children to get upset at that age 105 00:05:51,600 --> 00:05:52,960 Speaker 5: and leave the home. 106 00:05:53,320 --> 00:05:55,680 Speaker 10: Well, it's pretty common and teenagers to do this kind 107 00:05:55,720 --> 00:05:56,120 Speaker 10: of stuff. 108 00:05:56,440 --> 00:05:59,360 Speaker 4: Not Sharita. She would never do anything like this to us. 109 00:06:01,080 --> 00:06:03,400 Speaker 2: She's not a runaway kind of person. She's not the 110 00:06:03,560 --> 00:06:07,039 Speaker 2: kind of young lady that anybody is thinking would be 111 00:06:07,080 --> 00:06:09,520 Speaker 2: in any kind of trouble of her own making. 112 00:06:09,760 --> 00:06:11,239 Speaker 10: Listen, I hear what you're saying. 113 00:06:11,640 --> 00:06:12,840 Speaker 3: You're going to have to come back tomorrow. 114 00:06:13,240 --> 00:06:15,000 Speaker 4: What you're talking about tomorrow. 115 00:06:15,880 --> 00:06:19,160 Speaker 7: The police department's procedure was that they would not put 116 00:06:19,160 --> 00:06:23,680 Speaker 7: a missing persons out until twenty four hours. We'll find ourselves. 117 00:06:25,279 --> 00:06:28,280 Speaker 4: But as far as Scharita's family is concerned, there's no 118 00:06:28,400 --> 00:06:29,200 Speaker 4: time to waste. 119 00:06:30,360 --> 00:06:33,040 Speaker 7: There's just not knowing that she wouldn't come home. 120 00:06:34,520 --> 00:06:36,400 Speaker 11: They wanted to figure out where their daughter was. 121 00:06:37,560 --> 00:06:41,600 Speaker 5: Scharita's parents decided to take matters into their own hands. 122 00:06:42,920 --> 00:06:45,679 Speaker 4: They begin by splitting up to cover more ground. 123 00:06:46,680 --> 00:06:52,040 Speaker 11: They went out. They were canvassing for her. 124 00:06:50,760 --> 00:06:54,040 Speaker 4: But when Scharita's mother reaches the thirty sixth Street Bridge, 125 00:06:54,560 --> 00:06:57,160 Speaker 4: something stops her dead in her tracks. 126 00:06:58,320 --> 00:07:02,920 Speaker 5: She noticed something down at the bottom of the bridge. 127 00:07:03,640 --> 00:07:06,200 Speaker 11: She sees a figure under the bridge. 128 00:07:07,040 --> 00:07:10,880 Speaker 5: It kind of looked like a dead body. 129 00:07:13,920 --> 00:07:16,080 Speaker 3: You don't want to miss what lies they had. 130 00:07:16,400 --> 00:07:17,200 Speaker 7: Stay with us. 131 00:07:17,520 --> 00:07:19,840 Speaker 3: This is a Fatal Attraction podcast. 132 00:07:24,720 --> 00:07:25,640 Speaker 10: Yeah. 133 00:07:25,800 --> 00:07:29,920 Speaker 4: At sixteen years old New Jersey High schooler, Sharita Williams 134 00:07:30,000 --> 00:07:32,720 Speaker 4: was already well on her way to success. 135 00:07:33,320 --> 00:07:39,080 Speaker 5: She was well respected within her school, very popular, absolutely beautiful. 136 00:07:40,120 --> 00:07:42,080 Speaker 9: She wanted to be a social worker. She was looking 137 00:07:42,120 --> 00:07:42,760 Speaker 9: at colleges. 138 00:07:43,840 --> 00:07:45,640 Speaker 7: She had a good life ahead of her. 139 00:07:49,320 --> 00:07:52,280 Speaker 4: But after leaving home the Friday after Thanksgiving to hang 140 00:07:52,280 --> 00:07:55,480 Speaker 4: out with a friend, Sharita never returned. 141 00:07:56,840 --> 00:07:58,960 Speaker 8: The police told them to wait to file a missing 142 00:07:58,960 --> 00:08:02,560 Speaker 8: person's report day, but they didn't want to waste time waiting. 143 00:08:03,040 --> 00:08:04,360 Speaker 8: They knew something was wrong. 144 00:08:05,320 --> 00:08:10,320 Speaker 5: Charita's parents decided to go look for her. They'd actually 145 00:08:10,360 --> 00:08:13,920 Speaker 5: split up, so mom went to that area near the 146 00:08:13,960 --> 00:08:17,880 Speaker 5: thirty sixth Street Bridge as dad continued to comb the 147 00:08:17,920 --> 00:08:22,160 Speaker 5: streets looking for Sharia. 148 00:08:20,640 --> 00:08:24,320 Speaker 4: And not long into their search, Sharita's mother has made 149 00:08:24,400 --> 00:08:25,720 Speaker 4: a chilling discovery. 150 00:08:26,440 --> 00:08:28,840 Speaker 13: Her mom walked up to the thirty sixth Street Bridge 151 00:08:29,080 --> 00:08:30,720 Speaker 13: and saw something down. 152 00:08:30,520 --> 00:08:34,120 Speaker 7: Below a body that was laying there. 153 00:08:34,400 --> 00:08:36,120 Speaker 4: Oh my god. 154 00:08:36,679 --> 00:08:40,840 Speaker 7: That area was a known area that homeless people stayed at, 155 00:08:41,200 --> 00:08:43,520 Speaker 7: so she thought it might have been a homeless person 156 00:08:43,559 --> 00:08:47,920 Speaker 7: that might have fallen. She's hoping that that's not her. 157 00:08:47,880 --> 00:08:53,640 Speaker 4: Daughter been sunk in. Police arrive on the scene within minutes. 158 00:08:54,840 --> 00:08:58,160 Speaker 5: As they go towards the body, they noticed that it 159 00:08:58,240 --> 00:09:01,200 Speaker 5: is not a homeless man as mom was thinking it 160 00:09:01,320 --> 00:09:06,520 Speaker 5: might be, but it's a young woman. So they begin 161 00:09:06,640 --> 00:09:09,680 Speaker 5: to look around and they find a purse. 162 00:09:10,000 --> 00:09:11,080 Speaker 7: I got a purse over here. 163 00:09:12,240 --> 00:09:15,280 Speaker 5: When they opened the purse, they happened to see that 164 00:09:15,360 --> 00:09:20,600 Speaker 5: Sharita's ID was inside the purse, so they confirmed that 165 00:09:20,800 --> 00:09:22,520 Speaker 5: Unfortunately it was her. 166 00:09:24,160 --> 00:09:25,840 Speaker 10: Simon won't know. 167 00:09:26,160 --> 00:09:27,000 Speaker 2: Yeah, I'll go let her know. 168 00:09:29,040 --> 00:09:31,160 Speaker 11: I can't imagine what it must have been like for 169 00:09:31,200 --> 00:09:33,920 Speaker 11: Shreida's mom. Excuse me, ma'am. 170 00:09:34,160 --> 00:09:39,240 Speaker 2: So she goes into a whale of a panic, a 171 00:09:39,440 --> 00:09:41,800 Speaker 2: gut wrenching, soul breaking cry. 172 00:09:43,440 --> 00:09:45,560 Speaker 5: It's the type of news that would just make you 173 00:09:45,600 --> 00:09:47,040 Speaker 5: want to drop to your knees. 174 00:09:49,679 --> 00:09:52,680 Speaker 13: After Shirita was ID, they removed her mom from the 175 00:09:52,720 --> 00:09:55,160 Speaker 13: crime scene so they could begin their investigation. 176 00:10:01,559 --> 00:10:05,480 Speaker 4: As detectives arrived, they initially wonder if Sharita's death was 177 00:10:05,520 --> 00:10:06,600 Speaker 4: a tragic accident. 178 00:10:08,120 --> 00:10:10,360 Speaker 7: The night before was a bad night, it was rainy, 179 00:10:10,480 --> 00:10:11,160 Speaker 7: was wet out there. 180 00:10:12,800 --> 00:10:17,360 Speaker 5: Maybe she had fallen from the bridge, but a closer 181 00:10:17,400 --> 00:10:19,840 Speaker 5: look quickly puts that theory to bed. 182 00:10:21,000 --> 00:10:23,640 Speaker 11: Sharita was found what her hands bound behind her back. 183 00:10:25,200 --> 00:10:28,000 Speaker 13: The killer had actually used a belt from the young 184 00:10:28,040 --> 00:10:28,720 Speaker 13: girl's coat. 185 00:10:29,040 --> 00:10:30,000 Speaker 3: It's like a door rip. 186 00:10:30,559 --> 00:10:33,240 Speaker 7: It was a do rag that had been tied around 187 00:10:33,240 --> 00:10:33,640 Speaker 7: her neck. 188 00:10:36,120 --> 00:10:41,400 Speaker 4: Sharita's clothing also forces the detectives to consider another disturbing possibility. 189 00:10:42,760 --> 00:10:46,240 Speaker 5: Her pants were undone and her shirt was open. 190 00:10:47,200 --> 00:10:49,080 Speaker 7: There was bruising on her body. 191 00:10:50,240 --> 00:10:52,960 Speaker 11: It was believed that Sharida might have been set she assaulted. 192 00:10:54,040 --> 00:10:56,439 Speaker 7: It's just an unbelievable, unimagicable. 193 00:10:58,000 --> 00:11:01,560 Speaker 4: As they scour the area for evidence, detectives discover a 194 00:11:01,600 --> 00:11:05,200 Speaker 4: potential clue not far from Sharita's body. 195 00:11:05,559 --> 00:11:08,559 Speaker 7: There was a receipt from a sporting good store and 196 00:11:08,559 --> 00:11:11,000 Speaker 7: it was the same date when Charita had went missing. 197 00:11:12,360 --> 00:11:16,000 Speaker 8: It was for a men's T shirt. So had the 198 00:11:16,080 --> 00:11:18,720 Speaker 8: killer left it there or was it just a coincidence? 199 00:11:23,840 --> 00:11:25,560 Speaker 4: Hey, detectives, can you come over? 200 00:11:29,120 --> 00:11:29,480 Speaker 3: What's that. 201 00:11:31,040 --> 00:11:32,319 Speaker 4: It looks like a shopping bag. 202 00:11:33,000 --> 00:11:36,240 Speaker 2: They find two classic bags stuffed down her throat. 203 00:11:37,320 --> 00:11:39,560 Speaker 13: One of the bags came from the same sporting good 204 00:11:39,640 --> 00:11:40,280 Speaker 13: store as. 205 00:11:40,160 --> 00:11:44,640 Speaker 4: The receipt, and shockingly, it had been used as a 206 00:11:44,720 --> 00:11:45,400 Speaker 4: murder weapon. 207 00:11:46,520 --> 00:11:49,120 Speaker 2: Looked as though her assailant tried to choke her and 208 00:11:49,160 --> 00:11:52,320 Speaker 2: when the dow rag didn't silence her fully enough, these 209 00:11:52,320 --> 00:11:54,400 Speaker 2: bags were stuffed in jerry throat. 210 00:11:54,559 --> 00:11:57,280 Speaker 4: It's a sign that Sharita's life was taken by an 211 00:11:57,360 --> 00:11:58,920 Speaker 4: unusually vicious killer. 212 00:12:01,559 --> 00:12:05,120 Speaker 8: This wasn't shooting someone from twenty feet away. This was 213 00:12:05,240 --> 00:12:06,480 Speaker 8: up close and personal. 214 00:12:07,600 --> 00:12:10,920 Speaker 7: It had to be someone that was really deranged. Out 215 00:12:10,920 --> 00:12:13,000 Speaker 7: of all the cases that I've been on, I don't 216 00:12:13,040 --> 00:12:16,000 Speaker 7: remember recall a situation where I found a plastic bag 217 00:12:16,040 --> 00:12:18,319 Speaker 7: shoved in their mouth to stop them from breathing. 218 00:12:21,240 --> 00:12:24,600 Speaker 4: The brutality of the crime suggests Sharita may have had 219 00:12:24,600 --> 00:12:26,600 Speaker 4: a personal relationship with her killer. 220 00:12:28,280 --> 00:12:31,240 Speaker 5: It may have been someone that Sharita knew. 221 00:12:32,520 --> 00:12:35,040 Speaker 7: Maybe whoever she went down there with, she trusted them 222 00:12:35,559 --> 00:12:37,080 Speaker 7: and went down there to get out of the rain. 223 00:12:38,559 --> 00:12:42,600 Speaker 4: In a case where everyone is a suspect, investigators decide 224 00:12:42,640 --> 00:12:46,600 Speaker 4: to start with the people closest to Sharita. Her parents. 225 00:12:47,440 --> 00:12:49,920 Speaker 11: It was pretty strange that mom was able to find 226 00:12:49,960 --> 00:12:53,720 Speaker 11: Sharita's body relatively soon, and the fact that she knew 227 00:12:53,720 --> 00:12:57,040 Speaker 11: to check that area at the bridge was very suspicious. 228 00:13:00,120 --> 00:13:01,760 Speaker 4: Could they be hiding something. 229 00:13:04,040 --> 00:13:06,120 Speaker 13: Charita's dad had met her mom at the station, and 230 00:13:06,200 --> 00:13:09,720 Speaker 13: when detectives sat down with them, they seemed devastated. 231 00:13:11,000 --> 00:13:13,000 Speaker 5: It's just it doesn't feel real. 232 00:13:14,400 --> 00:13:16,040 Speaker 6: It's a whole bunch of disbelief. 233 00:13:20,240 --> 00:13:23,720 Speaker 4: Sharita's mother tells detective that she regrets ever letting her 234 00:13:23,800 --> 00:13:25,560 Speaker 4: daughter leave home the night before. 235 00:13:26,640 --> 00:13:29,160 Speaker 7: It was a rainy day, and when she had mentioned 236 00:13:29,160 --> 00:13:31,000 Speaker 7: it to her parents, they didn't want her to go, 237 00:13:31,480 --> 00:13:33,079 Speaker 7: but she said that she would just want to meet 238 00:13:33,080 --> 00:13:35,880 Speaker 7: her friend and then they would go together, and it 239 00:13:35,920 --> 00:13:38,120 Speaker 7: was only about a five minute walk from the house. 240 00:13:40,679 --> 00:13:42,439 Speaker 10: What did you all do after she left? 241 00:13:43,160 --> 00:13:47,000 Speaker 2: Or to night shift? So I left just after she did, and. 242 00:13:47,200 --> 00:13:49,240 Speaker 4: I ended up falling asleep on the couch. 243 00:13:49,920 --> 00:13:51,640 Speaker 8: Her mom said that when she woke up a few 244 00:13:51,640 --> 00:13:55,000 Speaker 8: hours later, she realized Sharita wasn't in her bed. 245 00:13:56,360 --> 00:13:59,200 Speaker 5: The fact that Sharita did not come home that night 246 00:13:59,600 --> 00:14:03,120 Speaker 5: wasn't necessarily out of character, because she used to spend 247 00:14:03,200 --> 00:14:06,160 Speaker 5: the night with her friend from time to time. 248 00:14:07,080 --> 00:14:10,000 Speaker 4: It wasn't until the next morning that her mother realized 249 00:14:10,200 --> 00:14:11,200 Speaker 4: something wasn't right. 250 00:14:11,679 --> 00:14:15,120 Speaker 5: Hey, Adriana, she was not with her girlfriend. 251 00:14:16,360 --> 00:14:18,720 Speaker 7: She in fact, did not meet up with her that night. 252 00:14:19,720 --> 00:14:24,440 Speaker 2: Trida Williams's parents were in a state of unmeasured panic. 253 00:14:25,400 --> 00:14:27,600 Speaker 10: What made you go to thirty sixth Street? 254 00:14:27,960 --> 00:14:29,600 Speaker 4: That's where Adriana. 255 00:14:29,120 --> 00:14:31,200 Speaker 10: Said, We show up the friend she was supposed to 256 00:14:31,240 --> 00:14:31,960 Speaker 10: be with that night. 257 00:14:32,720 --> 00:14:37,560 Speaker 5: Yes, they called her friend and her girlfriend told them 258 00:14:37,760 --> 00:14:40,680 Speaker 5: that she may be near the thirty sixth Street Bridge. 259 00:14:41,720 --> 00:14:46,400 Speaker 7: The police believed that her mother was telling the truth, but. 260 00:14:46,480 --> 00:14:49,760 Speaker 4: Now they've added another name to their suspect list. 261 00:14:50,280 --> 00:14:52,720 Speaker 7: Adriana and the girlfriend said, well, why don't you look 262 00:14:52,720 --> 00:14:55,560 Speaker 7: in the area the thirty sixth Street Bridge, which was strange. 263 00:14:55,920 --> 00:14:57,000 Speaker 7: Why did she say that? 264 00:14:57,480 --> 00:14:59,800 Speaker 10: And did she say why she thought Charita might be there? 265 00:15:00,440 --> 00:15:06,760 Speaker 4: No, she didn't mention anything. Two detectives, it sounds like 266 00:15:06,840 --> 00:15:09,960 Speaker 4: Sharita's best friend could know more than she'd let on. 267 00:15:10,720 --> 00:15:12,080 Speaker 11: It was very suspicious. 268 00:15:13,280 --> 00:15:15,680 Speaker 13: Did she have some knowledge of this murder or at 269 00:15:15,760 --> 00:15:17,880 Speaker 13: least the location of Sharita's body? 270 00:15:18,800 --> 00:15:20,520 Speaker 7: The police wanted to talk to Adrianna. 271 00:15:22,120 --> 00:15:27,760 Speaker 4: Detectives immediately head to her home in East Pennsaukena. 272 00:15:26,560 --> 00:15:30,880 Speaker 5: Williams, Charita's friend, confirmed for police that she told mom 273 00:15:30,920 --> 00:15:33,160 Speaker 5: that she may be in the area of the thirty 274 00:15:33,200 --> 00:15:34,680 Speaker 5: sixth Street Bridge. 275 00:15:35,080 --> 00:15:37,400 Speaker 10: How'd you know she would be there? I didn't. I 276 00:15:37,520 --> 00:15:40,000 Speaker 10: just had a feeling. What gave me that feeling? 277 00:15:42,440 --> 00:15:46,120 Speaker 2: Adriana reveals that Sharita has been seeing a boy named 278 00:15:46,200 --> 00:15:46,680 Speaker 2: Ed Kelly. 279 00:15:47,640 --> 00:15:50,480 Speaker 6: He it was across the bridge. 280 00:15:53,680 --> 00:15:56,920 Speaker 3: Stay with us as your burning questions are about to 281 00:15:57,000 --> 00:16:00,720 Speaker 3: be answered This is a Fatal Attraction podcast. 282 00:16:06,520 --> 00:16:09,600 Speaker 4: Less than twenty four hours after Sharita Williams went missing, 283 00:16:10,200 --> 00:16:13,760 Speaker 4: her lifeless body was found suffocated under the thirty sixth 284 00:16:13,800 --> 00:16:14,840 Speaker 4: Street Bridge. 285 00:16:15,520 --> 00:16:17,600 Speaker 7: To take a young girl like this had had a 286 00:16:17,800 --> 00:16:21,200 Speaker 7: whole life ahead of her, and to bound her, gag 287 00:16:21,280 --> 00:16:24,120 Speaker 7: her and sexual assault her, It's got to be a 288 00:16:24,200 --> 00:16:26,920 Speaker 7: monster of a person who had done something like that. 289 00:16:30,560 --> 00:16:36,040 Speaker 4: She's missing, and now Sharita's best friend Adriana has revealed 290 00:16:36,040 --> 00:16:39,120 Speaker 4: the victim was dating a boy named Ed Kelly, who 291 00:16:39,160 --> 00:16:41,600 Speaker 4: lives just two blocks from the scene of the crime. 292 00:16:42,680 --> 00:16:46,360 Speaker 6: Ed and Scharita has been dating on an offer about 293 00:16:46,360 --> 00:16:46,720 Speaker 6: a year. 294 00:16:47,240 --> 00:16:49,000 Speaker 10: Did she say she was going to see Ed last night? 295 00:16:49,800 --> 00:16:51,240 Speaker 6: No, but it makes sense. 296 00:16:51,960 --> 00:16:54,360 Speaker 13: There's the only reason she could think of as to 297 00:16:54,480 --> 00:16:56,920 Speaker 13: why Sharita would have lied to her parents. If they 298 00:16:56,960 --> 00:16:59,200 Speaker 13: had known how far she was going on her own, 299 00:16:59,320 --> 00:17:00,720 Speaker 13: they never would have like or leave the house. 300 00:17:01,840 --> 00:17:04,439 Speaker 7: So but she used Adriana as a cover to go 301 00:17:04,480 --> 00:17:05,280 Speaker 7: see the young men. 302 00:17:06,080 --> 00:17:10,800 Speaker 5: Even teenagers who are inherently good often live a double life. 303 00:17:11,119 --> 00:17:14,640 Speaker 5: It's that age where kids want to experiment. 304 00:17:15,359 --> 00:17:19,640 Speaker 10: What was Ed in Sharita's relationship like not great, if 305 00:17:19,680 --> 00:17:20,479 Speaker 10: I'm being honest. 306 00:17:21,920 --> 00:17:24,600 Speaker 11: Ed was known as like a ladies man in a charmer. 307 00:17:26,000 --> 00:17:28,880 Speaker 5: He had several ladies who he was pursuing. 308 00:17:30,080 --> 00:17:33,000 Speaker 12: Afraid, he said, Charita was definitely more into Ed Kelly 309 00:17:33,040 --> 00:17:34,280 Speaker 12: than he wasn't too her. 310 00:17:35,680 --> 00:17:38,960 Speaker 4: I don't really know what she's saw in him, two, Detective, 311 00:17:39,520 --> 00:17:41,960 Speaker 4: it sounds like a recipe for disaster. 312 00:17:44,720 --> 00:17:47,280 Speaker 2: Was there some sort of jealousy? Did she present a 313 00:17:47,280 --> 00:17:49,840 Speaker 2: problem for him but for some other girl found out 314 00:17:49,880 --> 00:17:50,440 Speaker 2: about her? 315 00:17:51,200 --> 00:17:54,840 Speaker 5: Police wanted to look heavily into Ed Kelly and what 316 00:17:55,040 --> 00:17:57,119 Speaker 5: happened at night. 317 00:17:59,160 --> 00:18:01,920 Speaker 4: Ed agrees to come in for an interview, and when 318 00:18:01,960 --> 00:18:05,520 Speaker 4: they sit down to talk, he admits Sharita had visited 319 00:18:05,520 --> 00:18:08,080 Speaker 4: his home on the night she was killed, but he 320 00:18:08,160 --> 00:18:10,160 Speaker 4: claims he never laid eyes on her. 321 00:18:11,720 --> 00:18:13,560 Speaker 2: He tells them, I know she came by, but I 322 00:18:13,640 --> 00:18:16,200 Speaker 2: was asleep because I was going to be working a 323 00:18:16,280 --> 00:18:16,879 Speaker 2: later shift. 324 00:18:17,880 --> 00:18:20,960 Speaker 5: When Sharita goes to the home and knocks on the door, 325 00:18:22,480 --> 00:18:27,359 Speaker 5: the young man's mother answers and she turns Sharita away. 326 00:18:27,840 --> 00:18:30,240 Speaker 5: She did not allow her to come into the home. 327 00:18:32,920 --> 00:18:34,160 Speaker 10: So you didn't speak to her at all? 328 00:18:34,960 --> 00:18:37,680 Speaker 11: I'm not in person, no, but we talked on the 329 00:18:37,720 --> 00:18:38,520 Speaker 11: phone a little later. 330 00:18:38,800 --> 00:18:41,720 Speaker 10: What did you talk about? She was basically chewing me 331 00:18:41,800 --> 00:18:43,399 Speaker 10: out because I didn't come down and the see her. 332 00:18:44,760 --> 00:18:47,760 Speaker 5: After that, he had no interest in speaking with her. 333 00:18:47,840 --> 00:18:51,880 Speaker 5: That evening, he decided that he was going to unplug 334 00:18:51,920 --> 00:18:53,560 Speaker 5: his phone and not respond. 335 00:18:54,160 --> 00:18:56,199 Speaker 11: That was the last time I was supposed to After that, 336 00:18:56,280 --> 00:18:57,399 Speaker 11: I went to work around eleven. 337 00:19:01,320 --> 00:19:03,040 Speaker 4: But is he telling the truth? 338 00:19:04,640 --> 00:19:07,320 Speaker 7: The police requested that he take a voice stress test. 339 00:19:08,840 --> 00:19:10,840 Speaker 6: It is a form of a lie detector test. 340 00:19:12,080 --> 00:19:14,800 Speaker 2: This voice stress test would tell where there were natural 341 00:19:14,840 --> 00:19:18,200 Speaker 2: inclinations in his voice where he was not being truthful. 342 00:19:19,359 --> 00:19:22,120 Speaker 4: Without hesitation, ed agrees. 343 00:19:24,240 --> 00:19:27,720 Speaker 2: He passed the test. See he's telling the truth. He 344 00:19:27,800 --> 00:19:29,320 Speaker 2: only spoke to her one time. 345 00:19:30,240 --> 00:19:32,959 Speaker 4: But detectives still need to verify his story. 346 00:19:33,920 --> 00:19:37,240 Speaker 8: Voice stress tests and lie detectors are not fool proof, 347 00:19:38,000 --> 00:19:40,560 Speaker 8: so even though Ed passed the test, they still had 348 00:19:40,560 --> 00:19:42,280 Speaker 8: to follow up on the things he had said in 349 00:19:42,320 --> 00:19:42,880 Speaker 8: the interview. 350 00:19:44,240 --> 00:19:46,320 Speaker 11: Ed's bomb was very clear that she had never let 351 00:19:46,280 --> 00:19:48,520 Speaker 11: the Sweeta inside the house and that Ed never had 352 00:19:48,520 --> 00:19:49,920 Speaker 11: any physical contact with. 353 00:19:49,960 --> 00:19:53,240 Speaker 4: Her, But could she be lying to protect her son. 354 00:19:56,160 --> 00:19:59,480 Speaker 7: Parents will cover up for their children, so police take 355 00:19:59,480 --> 00:20:01,920 Speaker 7: it a step further. She did anything was left out. 356 00:20:02,960 --> 00:20:05,720 Speaker 13: They filed subpoena for Ed's phone records to confirm his 357 00:20:05,760 --> 00:20:08,639 Speaker 13: communications with Sharita and his location. 358 00:20:08,359 --> 00:20:08,840 Speaker 4: At the time. 359 00:20:09,960 --> 00:20:11,440 Speaker 8: These types of requests take. 360 00:20:11,320 --> 00:20:15,880 Speaker 4: Time, so detectives decide to circle back to a piece 361 00:20:15,880 --> 00:20:19,240 Speaker 4: of evidence they discovered at the crime scene, a receipt 362 00:20:19,280 --> 00:20:20,960 Speaker 4: from a local sporting goods store. 363 00:20:22,240 --> 00:20:25,840 Speaker 8: Unfortunately, the item was bought with cash, so their only 364 00:20:25,920 --> 00:20:30,439 Speaker 8: hope was that the store had some good quality surveillance footage. 365 00:20:31,720 --> 00:20:34,240 Speaker 4: But it turns out to be another setback. 366 00:20:35,320 --> 00:20:38,200 Speaker 11: The surveillance camera that week wasn't working at all. 367 00:20:39,280 --> 00:20:40,600 Speaker 6: It is very disappointing. 368 00:20:42,640 --> 00:20:46,680 Speaker 4: Detectives are running out of leads until they receive word 369 00:20:46,800 --> 00:20:48,840 Speaker 4: that Ed Kelly's phone records have come in. 370 00:20:50,680 --> 00:20:53,199 Speaker 12: Ed Kelly told a policeman that Sharita will only call 371 00:20:53,240 --> 00:20:53,960 Speaker 12: it once. 372 00:20:55,040 --> 00:20:58,359 Speaker 4: But based on his call log, that was a lie. 373 00:21:00,080 --> 00:21:03,040 Speaker 7: Made multiple calls to him that night from a payphone. 374 00:21:03,880 --> 00:21:06,240 Speaker 9: In fact, she called sixteen times. 375 00:21:07,600 --> 00:21:10,800 Speaker 8: Either he managed to dupe the voice stress test, or 376 00:21:10,840 --> 00:21:13,040 Speaker 8: the police weren't asking the right questions. 377 00:21:14,520 --> 00:21:18,000 Speaker 4: Now, detectives want to know what their suspect is hiding. 378 00:21:19,600 --> 00:21:22,680 Speaker 7: I have a suspect and he's not telling the whole truth. 379 00:21:23,080 --> 00:21:25,840 Speaker 7: There's a green light that comes from it. 380 00:21:25,840 --> 00:21:28,399 Speaker 11: Definitely seems like there was something more there than we 381 00:21:28,480 --> 00:21:29,440 Speaker 11: might have initially thought. 382 00:21:30,280 --> 00:21:33,760 Speaker 6: Why is she calling sixteen times? What was the conversation 383 00:21:34,280 --> 00:21:36,280 Speaker 6: that led Scharita down this road? 384 00:21:40,640 --> 00:21:44,080 Speaker 4: Detective find a possible answer when they look deeper into 385 00:21:44,280 --> 00:21:45,480 Speaker 4: Ed's phone records. 386 00:21:46,880 --> 00:21:49,760 Speaker 7: In his statement, he stated that he cut his phone 387 00:21:49,760 --> 00:21:52,280 Speaker 7: off and he went to sleep before he went to work. 388 00:21:52,760 --> 00:21:55,719 Speaker 11: But he didn't actually turn his phone off after Srida 389 00:21:55,760 --> 00:21:58,480 Speaker 11: stop calling. He had received this phone call that he 390 00:21:58,560 --> 00:21:59,320 Speaker 11: actually picked up. 391 00:22:00,119 --> 00:22:02,040 Speaker 7: At the time when he said his phone was cut off, 392 00:22:02,280 --> 00:22:04,240 Speaker 7: he was in fact calling another woman. 393 00:22:09,840 --> 00:22:13,199 Speaker 3: Stay with us for more of the Fatal Attraction podcast. 394 00:22:18,720 --> 00:22:21,800 Speaker 4: After phone records proved that Ed Kelly lived during his 395 00:22:21,840 --> 00:22:25,320 Speaker 4: police interview, he reclaimed his place at the top of 396 00:22:25,359 --> 00:22:28,600 Speaker 4: the suspect list. In Sharita Williams's murder. 397 00:22:28,760 --> 00:22:31,040 Speaker 6: And what Ed was saying was not adding up. 398 00:22:32,280 --> 00:22:34,880 Speaker 7: It's very suspicious that this young lady would be out 399 00:22:34,960 --> 00:22:37,520 Speaker 7: on the paint phone calling him sixteen times when he 400 00:22:37,560 --> 00:22:38,920 Speaker 7: said that he cut his phone off. 401 00:22:40,560 --> 00:22:43,440 Speaker 4: Even more suspicious is that Ed had received a call 402 00:22:43,520 --> 00:22:47,320 Speaker 4: from another woman that night, which he'd also failed to mention. 403 00:22:48,720 --> 00:22:52,280 Speaker 13: Come to find out, a woman named Crystal Hill had spoken. 404 00:22:51,960 --> 00:22:52,720 Speaker 2: With him that night. 405 00:22:54,600 --> 00:22:57,399 Speaker 4: Had Sharita found herself on the losing end of a 406 00:22:57,440 --> 00:22:58,680 Speaker 4: deadly love triangle? 407 00:22:59,400 --> 00:23:02,000 Speaker 2: The police know who this other person is and does 408 00:23:02,040 --> 00:23:04,879 Speaker 2: this other person play a role in the demise of 409 00:23:04,880 --> 00:23:05,760 Speaker 2: Sheriada Williams. 410 00:23:07,240 --> 00:23:10,520 Speaker 4: The next day, when detectives go looking for Crystal Hill, 411 00:23:11,160 --> 00:23:13,440 Speaker 4: they learned that she's already locked up. 412 00:23:14,080 --> 00:23:16,800 Speaker 13: She was in custody because she had just been picked 413 00:23:16,880 --> 00:23:18,760 Speaker 13: up on shoplifting charges. 414 00:23:20,760 --> 00:23:23,480 Speaker 4: And when they transfer her to the precinct for questioning, 415 00:23:24,200 --> 00:23:27,440 Speaker 4: Crystal confirms what the detectives already suspect. 416 00:23:28,920 --> 00:23:29,520 Speaker 10: How long have you. 417 00:23:29,440 --> 00:23:33,400 Speaker 2: Two been together? About a year or so, but it's 418 00:23:33,400 --> 00:23:35,320 Speaker 2: all been long distance since I left for school. 419 00:23:36,840 --> 00:23:39,320 Speaker 5: She was in college and Flora at the time. 420 00:23:40,520 --> 00:23:43,000 Speaker 11: She was in the area for Thanksgiving. She said she 421 00:23:43,040 --> 00:23:45,640 Speaker 11: had seen at the day before Thanksgiving and the Sunday 422 00:23:45,640 --> 00:23:46,359 Speaker 11: there afterwards. 423 00:23:47,520 --> 00:23:49,879 Speaker 10: So would you say you too are exclusive? 424 00:23:50,680 --> 00:23:51,200 Speaker 4: Yeah? 425 00:23:51,600 --> 00:23:53,440 Speaker 10: Of course, what do you mean? 426 00:23:54,200 --> 00:23:57,000 Speaker 13: As far as Crystal was concerned, ed was her man 427 00:23:57,240 --> 00:23:58,720 Speaker 13: and nobody else's. 428 00:23:59,119 --> 00:24:01,480 Speaker 11: She dinies and knowing anything about Shriita at all. 429 00:24:02,880 --> 00:24:06,639 Speaker 4: Cristal also denies having any knowledge of her murder, but 430 00:24:06,760 --> 00:24:09,520 Speaker 4: detectives aren't convinced she's telling the truth. 431 00:24:10,040 --> 00:24:13,680 Speaker 8: She did not seem to be very forthcoming with the investigators. 432 00:24:14,680 --> 00:24:16,320 Speaker 2: Maybe she was covering him. 433 00:24:17,080 --> 00:24:19,760 Speaker 10: Do you mind if we perform a voice stress test 434 00:24:19,800 --> 00:24:19,960 Speaker 10: on you? 435 00:24:21,280 --> 00:24:22,479 Speaker 6: Oh, seff. 436 00:24:25,280 --> 00:24:29,040 Speaker 4: At the end of the test, detectives believe their suspicions 437 00:24:29,119 --> 00:24:29,879 Speaker 4: are warranted. 438 00:24:30,600 --> 00:24:32,440 Speaker 7: They did it come back that she was being deceptive, 439 00:24:33,520 --> 00:24:35,800 Speaker 7: she has some information that she's hiding. 440 00:24:36,560 --> 00:24:38,800 Speaker 10: Are you sure you don't have any knowledge about the 441 00:24:38,800 --> 00:24:43,200 Speaker 10: death of Shrida Williams Yes. Interesting. 442 00:24:44,680 --> 00:24:48,560 Speaker 4: Under intense questioning, Crystal refuses to budge. 443 00:24:49,560 --> 00:24:51,080 Speaker 7: She says she was telling the truth. 444 00:24:52,320 --> 00:24:53,639 Speaker 13: She's stuck to her story. 445 00:24:54,800 --> 00:24:58,560 Speaker 8: Failing a lie detector is not proof of guilt. These 446 00:24:58,560 --> 00:25:02,479 Speaker 8: tests are not, and there are a lot of reasons 447 00:25:02,520 --> 00:25:05,600 Speaker 8: a person could be lying to the police outside of 448 00:25:05,640 --> 00:25:06,440 Speaker 8: being a murderer. 449 00:25:09,760 --> 00:25:14,639 Speaker 4: It's another frustrating setback but when the investigators received word 450 00:25:14,720 --> 00:25:17,639 Speaker 4: that a Seaman sample has been found on Sharita's pants, 451 00:25:18,359 --> 00:25:21,040 Speaker 4: they believe it could be the final nail in Ed 452 00:25:21,160 --> 00:25:22,040 Speaker 4: Kelly's coffin. 453 00:25:22,760 --> 00:25:26,800 Speaker 2: Now we've got the thing that can give us potential DNA. 454 00:25:27,040 --> 00:25:29,480 Speaker 9: Police wanteds to see if it matched with Ed Kelly. 455 00:25:30,840 --> 00:25:34,840 Speaker 4: Detectives quickly obtain a DNA sample from Ed, but once 456 00:25:34,880 --> 00:25:39,199 Speaker 4: the comparison is made, the results aren't what anyone expected. 457 00:25:41,080 --> 00:25:42,840 Speaker 11: It came back that that wasn't a match. 458 00:25:44,280 --> 00:25:45,639 Speaker 2: Ed Kelly selling the truth. 459 00:25:46,720 --> 00:25:50,640 Speaker 13: Whatever Ed and Crystal were lying about, it was unrelated 460 00:25:50,720 --> 00:25:51,480 Speaker 13: to this crime. 461 00:25:52,320 --> 00:25:55,760 Speaker 4: It's news that shocks the detectives as well as Sharita 462 00:25:55,800 --> 00:25:56,720 Speaker 4: Williams's family. 463 00:25:57,760 --> 00:26:01,159 Speaker 5: They were under the impression that it was case. And 464 00:26:01,200 --> 00:26:04,119 Speaker 5: then the let down and the hurt and pain. You 465 00:26:04,240 --> 00:26:07,560 Speaker 5: have to relive all of that trauma over again. 466 00:26:08,840 --> 00:26:11,000 Speaker 4: But no one is giving up hope. 467 00:26:11,680 --> 00:26:14,480 Speaker 7: It's up to a good investigator to get momentum back 468 00:26:14,640 --> 00:26:17,359 Speaker 7: and not to get tunnel vision. It's nice when things 469 00:26:17,440 --> 00:26:19,240 Speaker 7: fall the way they should, but when they don't, you 470 00:26:19,320 --> 00:26:20,399 Speaker 7: just got to keep moving. 471 00:26:22,400 --> 00:26:25,800 Speaker 4: Detectives decide to run the suspects DNA profile through a 472 00:26:25,880 --> 00:26:29,280 Speaker 4: national database called CODIS in hopes of turning up a 473 00:26:29,320 --> 00:26:30,200 Speaker 4: fresh lead. 474 00:26:31,240 --> 00:26:34,480 Speaker 7: But they had nothing on file to match that specimen. 475 00:26:34,960 --> 00:26:38,000 Speaker 2: Which means whoever this seman came from is not some 476 00:26:38,320 --> 00:26:39,159 Speaker 2: serial rapist. 477 00:26:40,200 --> 00:26:43,600 Speaker 4: With no new suspects, the case skulls cold. 478 00:26:44,680 --> 00:26:46,760 Speaker 11: There weren't any other leads, there was nowhere else to. 479 00:26:46,840 --> 00:26:51,040 Speaker 4: Turn and with a killer on the loose, fear grips 480 00:26:51,080 --> 00:26:51,760 Speaker 4: the community. 481 00:26:52,480 --> 00:26:56,240 Speaker 5: Pinsalken is a wonderful area to raise children, and when 482 00:26:56,280 --> 00:26:59,119 Speaker 5: something like this happens, it kind of shakes you at 483 00:26:59,160 --> 00:26:59,600 Speaker 5: your core. 484 00:27:01,640 --> 00:27:05,520 Speaker 4: As months turned to years, Sharita's family clings to the 485 00:27:05,560 --> 00:27:08,720 Speaker 4: hope that one day justice will be served for their daughter. 486 00:27:09,560 --> 00:27:10,160 Speaker 4: To keep the. 487 00:27:10,160 --> 00:27:14,640 Speaker 5: Case alive, Sharita's father contact that the police wants to weep. 488 00:27:15,160 --> 00:27:17,960 Speaker 12: They would do marches over the thirty sixth Street Bridge. 489 00:27:18,280 --> 00:27:21,160 Speaker 12: They also put up five thousand dollars for a reward 490 00:27:21,200 --> 00:27:21,960 Speaker 12: for any information. 491 00:27:23,520 --> 00:27:26,280 Speaker 11: You have to commend Sharita's parents for keeping this case. 492 00:27:26,080 --> 00:27:30,880 Speaker 4: Alive, But the more time that passes, the harder it 493 00:27:30,960 --> 00:27:32,119 Speaker 4: is to keep the faith. 494 00:27:33,080 --> 00:27:34,600 Speaker 11: Four years, not that it came up. 495 00:27:36,240 --> 00:27:39,720 Speaker 4: Until February first, two thousand and seven. 496 00:27:40,160 --> 00:27:42,919 Speaker 7: The police were notified that they have a hit on 497 00:27:43,000 --> 00:27:45,919 Speaker 7: the seamen sample that was recovered on Sarita's lotty. 498 00:27:47,359 --> 00:27:49,400 Speaker 11: It was a guy by the name of Warren Dixon. 499 00:27:50,480 --> 00:27:51,840 Speaker 7: It's the big break. 500 00:27:51,600 --> 00:27:52,439 Speaker 2: That they were waiting for. 501 00:27:53,800 --> 00:27:55,000 Speaker 10: This she get killed. 502 00:28:00,119 --> 00:28:03,159 Speaker 3: With us. This is a Fatal Attraction podcast. 503 00:28:09,359 --> 00:28:13,240 Speaker 4: Four years after her death, police and Pensauka, New Jersey 504 00:28:13,280 --> 00:28:16,439 Speaker 4: have finally identified a person of interest in the murder 505 00:28:16,480 --> 00:28:17,760 Speaker 4: of Sharto Williams. 506 00:28:18,840 --> 00:28:23,240 Speaker 2: All of a sudden, this new name things in codis 507 00:28:24,119 --> 00:28:28,520 Speaker 2: Warren Dixon. That matches to the DNA that they've had 508 00:28:28,760 --> 00:28:29,800 Speaker 2: for years now. 509 00:28:30,880 --> 00:28:34,720 Speaker 11: Warren was just recently arrested on drug charges in Philadelphia. 510 00:28:35,480 --> 00:28:37,000 Speaker 6: This is a huge break in the case. 511 00:28:40,840 --> 00:28:44,640 Speaker 4: Nonetheless, his name doesn't ring a bell for detectives. 512 00:28:45,400 --> 00:28:48,440 Speaker 11: Warren's name never came up in any of the investigations. 513 00:28:48,920 --> 00:28:50,560 Speaker 2: They don't know who he is. 514 00:28:51,840 --> 00:28:56,280 Speaker 4: When detectives consult Sharita's family, they say they've never heard 515 00:28:56,320 --> 00:28:57,000 Speaker 4: of him either. 516 00:28:57,800 --> 00:28:59,960 Speaker 6: The family didn't know who Warren was. 517 00:29:00,040 --> 00:29:04,840 Speaker 4: Yes, but Sharita's school friends reveal a possible connection. 518 00:29:05,920 --> 00:29:08,280 Speaker 11: Warren and shareda actually went to high school together. 519 00:29:09,800 --> 00:29:12,760 Speaker 4: Further digging turns up even more compelling evidence. 520 00:29:14,040 --> 00:29:16,920 Speaker 7: He did live very close to the bridge where Sarita 521 00:29:17,040 --> 00:29:21,400 Speaker 7: was found, and right after Sharita's death. This gentleman dropped 522 00:29:21,440 --> 00:29:23,480 Speaker 7: out of school and left the area. 523 00:29:24,800 --> 00:29:27,640 Speaker 4: After determining that Warren has been released on his drug 524 00:29:27,720 --> 00:29:30,800 Speaker 4: charge in Philadelphia and is now back in New Jersey, 525 00:29:31,480 --> 00:29:35,080 Speaker 4: detectives intercept him at a meeting with his probation officer. 526 00:29:36,040 --> 00:29:38,680 Speaker 7: He was willing to talk to them. He didn't seem 527 00:29:38,680 --> 00:29:39,880 Speaker 7: that he was really that concern. 528 00:29:40,840 --> 00:29:44,720 Speaker 4: Face to face with Warren, detective start off slow. 529 00:29:46,120 --> 00:29:48,280 Speaker 7: They didn't give him the information that they had that 530 00:29:48,320 --> 00:29:51,240 Speaker 7: they had a hit on his DNA. They first wanted 531 00:29:51,240 --> 00:29:52,600 Speaker 7: to see what he had to say. 532 00:29:53,440 --> 00:29:54,560 Speaker 10: I appreciate you talking with this. 533 00:29:54,640 --> 00:29:56,200 Speaker 2: Warren happy to help. 534 00:29:57,120 --> 00:29:59,760 Speaker 11: They proceeded to ask him questions about his life, about 535 00:29:59,760 --> 00:30:03,320 Speaker 11: his family, and then started to press a little bit before. 536 00:30:03,680 --> 00:30:05,640 Speaker 10: Did you know what girl in school by the name 537 00:30:05,680 --> 00:30:08,000 Speaker 10: of Shirita Williams thinks? 538 00:30:08,080 --> 00:30:08,160 Speaker 6: So? 539 00:30:09,000 --> 00:30:09,960 Speaker 10: Did she get killed? 540 00:30:11,600 --> 00:30:14,920 Speaker 4: Warren tells detectives he'd heard a rumor that Sharita's boyfriend 541 00:30:15,000 --> 00:30:16,560 Speaker 4: was responsible for her murder. 542 00:30:17,760 --> 00:30:21,120 Speaker 8: Immediately he was pointing the finger at somebody else. 543 00:30:22,240 --> 00:30:24,440 Speaker 11: He was trying to throw police in a different direction. 544 00:30:25,240 --> 00:30:28,440 Speaker 4: But detectives don't take the bait, and as they start 545 00:30:28,520 --> 00:30:31,840 Speaker 4: rolling out the evidence, Warren tries to play it cool. 546 00:30:32,440 --> 00:30:36,840 Speaker 7: Does this look like your do rag could be how said, 547 00:30:36,880 --> 00:30:40,040 Speaker 7: I know, didn't she make you be shook? Anything like that? 548 00:30:41,120 --> 00:30:45,040 Speaker 4: But that changes when detectives revealed they have proof Warren 549 00:30:45,160 --> 00:30:47,160 Speaker 4: was with Sharita on the night she died. 550 00:30:47,880 --> 00:30:51,120 Speaker 2: Warren is confronted with the fact that it is his 551 00:30:51,240 --> 00:30:52,640 Speaker 2: thing on Sharita's pant. 552 00:30:53,480 --> 00:30:57,400 Speaker 11: And almost irate, got very upset, started yelling, so what. 553 00:30:57,400 --> 00:30:58,160 Speaker 10: You're trying to say? 554 00:30:58,160 --> 00:30:58,400 Speaker 2: Man? 555 00:30:58,560 --> 00:30:59,880 Speaker 10: Like, what are y'all trying to say? 556 00:31:01,280 --> 00:31:05,200 Speaker 4: It's at that moment that Warren's story takes a dramatic turn. 557 00:31:06,000 --> 00:31:09,320 Speaker 11: He changes the story from being just acquaintances. So they 558 00:31:09,320 --> 00:31:11,880 Speaker 11: may have had an intimate encounter, maybe once or twice. 559 00:31:12,360 --> 00:31:14,640 Speaker 10: It was one of those times around Thanksgiving two thousand 560 00:31:14,640 --> 00:31:16,160 Speaker 10: and three. No, no, a four years ago. 561 00:31:16,240 --> 00:31:19,760 Speaker 11: I'm I supposed to remember that, said, He didn't remember 562 00:31:19,760 --> 00:31:21,880 Speaker 11: all the details, but he. 563 00:31:21,960 --> 00:31:23,520 Speaker 4: Is certain about one thing. 564 00:31:24,160 --> 00:31:26,920 Speaker 11: I ain't kill him, man, I ain't kill him. 565 00:31:27,160 --> 00:31:30,320 Speaker 2: He finds himself cornered with all of these facts. 566 00:31:31,280 --> 00:31:34,120 Speaker 8: It's clear that he was just changing his story to 567 00:31:34,160 --> 00:31:36,000 Speaker 8: try to keep up with the evidence. 568 00:31:36,600 --> 00:31:39,640 Speaker 4: And by the end of the interview, Warren is grasping 569 00:31:39,640 --> 00:31:42,120 Speaker 4: at Straws, what. 570 00:31:42,040 --> 00:31:44,120 Speaker 11: If I mean to kill him? 571 00:31:44,240 --> 00:31:46,520 Speaker 7: He said, what if it was an accent would the 572 00:31:46,520 --> 00:31:47,880 Speaker 7: person still be charged a murder? 573 00:31:49,160 --> 00:31:52,040 Speaker 8: He's looking for any way out of this, and that's 574 00:31:52,080 --> 00:31:53,040 Speaker 8: all he can come up with. 575 00:31:54,440 --> 00:31:58,000 Speaker 4: As far as detectives are concerned, Warren's question is as 576 00:31:58,080 --> 00:32:01,880 Speaker 4: good as a confession, but the same doesn't hold true 577 00:32:01,960 --> 00:32:02,680 Speaker 4: for the courts. 578 00:32:03,400 --> 00:32:08,040 Speaker 8: Warren's statement was obviously highly suspicious, but there was still 579 00:32:08,080 --> 00:32:11,320 Speaker 8: the possibility that he had sex with Sharita and someone 580 00:32:11,400 --> 00:32:12,080 Speaker 8: else killed her. 581 00:32:12,840 --> 00:32:14,800 Speaker 11: They didn't have a strong taste that they thought that 582 00:32:14,840 --> 00:32:16,720 Speaker 11: they'd be able to prosecute. 583 00:32:16,480 --> 00:32:20,320 Speaker 4: Yes, sir, so, detectives are forced to leave empty handed. 584 00:32:20,840 --> 00:32:27,120 Speaker 4: See so, But immediately after the interview they start trying 585 00:32:27,160 --> 00:32:28,520 Speaker 4: to poke holes in his story. 586 00:32:29,920 --> 00:32:34,120 Speaker 13: Warner told police that he'd had a consensual sexual relationship 587 00:32:34,200 --> 00:32:34,960 Speaker 13: with Sharita. 588 00:32:36,240 --> 00:32:39,920 Speaker 4: Sharita's best friends all disagree. 589 00:32:40,240 --> 00:32:42,840 Speaker 7: They said no way that she would ever be involved 590 00:32:42,880 --> 00:32:43,680 Speaker 7: with him. 591 00:32:44,080 --> 00:32:46,320 Speaker 11: Warren was more of like a loner, kind of stopped 592 00:32:46,360 --> 00:32:46,960 Speaker 11: to himself. 593 00:32:48,200 --> 00:32:50,360 Speaker 7: He definitely wouldn't be somebody that she would go out 594 00:32:50,400 --> 00:32:51,360 Speaker 7: with or have sex with. 595 00:32:53,080 --> 00:32:57,720 Speaker 4: Although detectives grill worn two more times, he never gives in. 596 00:32:58,680 --> 00:33:01,640 Speaker 7: He kept to his line's story, and. 597 00:33:01,520 --> 00:33:04,440 Speaker 4: By the beginning of two thousand and nine, it's clear 598 00:33:04,600 --> 00:33:08,240 Speaker 4: that no new evidence is coming to light, so the 599 00:33:08,320 --> 00:33:12,320 Speaker 4: prosecutors assigned to the case decide to make a bold move. 600 00:33:12,800 --> 00:33:15,640 Speaker 8: Even though their case was circumstantial, even though they didn't 601 00:33:15,640 --> 00:33:19,480 Speaker 8: have a confession, they decided to file charges against Warren Dixon. 602 00:33:20,680 --> 00:33:22,880 Speaker 11: They rest Warren for Shreeda's murder. 603 00:33:24,040 --> 00:33:28,360 Speaker 4: Though grateful to have their daughter's killer behind bars, Sharita's 604 00:33:28,400 --> 00:33:31,200 Speaker 4: parents still want answers. 605 00:33:30,920 --> 00:33:33,520 Speaker 7: How did you run into my daughter? Why did you 606 00:33:33,560 --> 00:33:33,880 Speaker 7: do this? 607 00:33:37,560 --> 00:33:40,760 Speaker 4: And they're about to get them from the last place 608 00:33:40,880 --> 00:33:42,320 Speaker 4: they ever expected. 609 00:33:42,960 --> 00:33:47,480 Speaker 5: An informant came forward, a gentleman who shared a cell 610 00:33:47,800 --> 00:33:52,360 Speaker 5: with Warren Dixon while Warren was incarcerated. 611 00:33:52,400 --> 00:33:53,840 Speaker 11: He's confessing these things. 612 00:33:54,880 --> 00:33:59,160 Speaker 2: Warren Dixon's mouth fills in the gap and lays all 613 00:33:59,160 --> 00:33:59,840 Speaker 2: the pieces out. 614 00:34:06,200 --> 00:34:09,440 Speaker 1: Stay with us as your burning questions are about to 615 00:34:09,520 --> 00:34:10,480 Speaker 1: be answered. 616 00:34:11,040 --> 00:34:13,319 Speaker 3: This is a Fatal Intraction podcast. 617 00:34:19,800 --> 00:34:22,960 Speaker 4: After linking his DNA to the crime scene, New Jersey 618 00:34:23,000 --> 00:34:25,840 Speaker 4: police have arrested Warren Dixon for the murder of his 619 00:34:25,960 --> 00:34:31,399 Speaker 4: former high school classmate, Scharita Williams, but he insists they 620 00:34:31,440 --> 00:34:32,600 Speaker 4: have the wrong Man. 621 00:34:33,360 --> 00:34:36,240 Speaker 9: I ain't kill him, Man, I ain't kill him. 622 00:34:36,280 --> 00:34:39,040 Speaker 11: He said they had consensual sexual accounter. They didn't have 623 00:34:39,040 --> 00:34:41,600 Speaker 11: any real evidence that said that he had committed the crime. 624 00:34:44,239 --> 00:34:47,839 Speaker 4: But now detectives have received a surprising phone call from 625 00:34:47,840 --> 00:34:48,720 Speaker 4: the county jail. 626 00:34:50,120 --> 00:34:53,919 Speaker 13: It was Warren's cellmate and he wanted to talk to detectives. 627 00:34:54,960 --> 00:34:58,640 Speaker 7: He said, while they're incarcerated together, miss Dixon, he's talking 628 00:34:58,719 --> 00:35:01,600 Speaker 7: about his crazy he sexual appetite. 629 00:35:02,600 --> 00:35:05,120 Speaker 11: He seemed to be very obsessed with these ideas of 630 00:35:05,239 --> 00:35:07,080 Speaker 11: like we're sexual fantasies. 631 00:35:08,080 --> 00:35:12,840 Speaker 4: And while bragging about his sexual exploits, Warren let something slip. 632 00:35:13,400 --> 00:35:18,200 Speaker 11: Warren gave very explicit details about the case with Shreda Williams. 633 00:35:19,920 --> 00:35:23,000 Speaker 4: This sell May tells police that Warren went into detail 634 00:35:23,080 --> 00:35:26,560 Speaker 4: about how, almost six years earlier, he had spotted Sharita 635 00:35:26,880 --> 00:35:29,719 Speaker 4: walking in the rain near the thirty sixth Street bridge. 636 00:35:30,480 --> 00:35:35,320 Speaker 4: Hier so, oh hey, it's Warren, right. 637 00:35:35,280 --> 00:35:35,759 Speaker 3: How you been. 638 00:35:36,760 --> 00:35:38,919 Speaker 2: It starts to storm and she wants to get out 639 00:35:38,960 --> 00:35:40,560 Speaker 2: of the way of being drenched. 640 00:35:40,880 --> 00:35:41,720 Speaker 9: What's outful a minute? 641 00:35:41,760 --> 00:35:45,640 Speaker 11: I know you won't we get dried, all right, carn 642 00:35:45,719 --> 00:35:47,560 Speaker 11: Warren cordial enough her to trust to. 643 00:35:49,160 --> 00:35:51,080 Speaker 9: He told her that, you know, let's just take shelter. 644 00:35:52,480 --> 00:35:54,960 Speaker 4: But Warren had something different in mind. 645 00:35:57,040 --> 00:35:58,640 Speaker 7: If he tried to kiss her. 646 00:36:00,120 --> 00:36:05,360 Speaker 6: Warren commenced to wanting to have sexual relations with her. 647 00:36:05,880 --> 00:36:10,320 Speaker 2: You're all here, she responds, back up off me, you know, getaway. 648 00:36:11,040 --> 00:36:15,320 Speaker 7: She resisted. That's when he physically subdued her. 649 00:36:16,360 --> 00:36:17,640 Speaker 11: He threw it to the ground. 650 00:36:18,800 --> 00:36:23,360 Speaker 2: He forces himself upon her. 651 00:36:24,320 --> 00:36:26,560 Speaker 11: She was screaming and making all types of noise. 652 00:36:27,200 --> 00:36:29,759 Speaker 2: He uses his do rag to try to silence her, 653 00:36:30,080 --> 00:36:32,880 Speaker 2: but it's never going to give enough grip, and so 654 00:36:33,040 --> 00:36:37,960 Speaker 2: he finds the nearby sporting good bags and stuffs him 655 00:36:37,960 --> 00:36:41,120 Speaker 2: down her throat until she is completely associated. 656 00:36:42,840 --> 00:36:47,600 Speaker 4: By the time it was all over, Sharita Williams was dead. 657 00:36:48,280 --> 00:36:53,640 Speaker 7: Bound him and gat her and strangle hers. Unthinkable. 658 00:36:56,160 --> 00:36:58,280 Speaker 4: It's a horrifying story of betrayal. 659 00:37:00,760 --> 00:37:02,680 Speaker 7: She was with somebody that she thought she could trust. 660 00:37:02,719 --> 00:37:03,799 Speaker 7: Goes as a schoolmaker. 661 00:37:04,760 --> 00:37:07,000 Speaker 2: She thought she was safe. 662 00:37:07,640 --> 00:37:09,839 Speaker 11: The idea that someone would hurt her in the way 663 00:37:09,880 --> 00:37:11,719 Speaker 11: that she was hurt never crossed her. 664 00:37:11,640 --> 00:37:16,520 Speaker 4: Mind, and detectives have every reason to believe Warren Cellmate 665 00:37:16,760 --> 00:37:17,800 Speaker 4: is telling the truth. 666 00:37:18,719 --> 00:37:21,880 Speaker 8: Warren Cellmate had details that had never been released to 667 00:37:21,920 --> 00:37:22,400 Speaker 8: the public. 668 00:37:23,120 --> 00:37:26,479 Speaker 6: It is a smoking gun. The only person that would 669 00:37:26,560 --> 00:37:29,160 Speaker 6: know that information is the killer. 670 00:37:31,400 --> 00:37:35,000 Speaker 4: When investigators inform Warren's defense team of the new evidence. 671 00:37:35,640 --> 00:37:37,520 Speaker 4: It's clear the jig. 672 00:37:37,239 --> 00:37:41,680 Speaker 11: Is up with the DNA evidence that it's against him. 673 00:37:42,000 --> 00:37:45,400 Speaker 11: The new informant that's coming forward. Warren is His team 674 00:37:45,520 --> 00:37:47,560 Speaker 11: knew that his best interest at this point would be 675 00:37:47,560 --> 00:37:49,960 Speaker 11: to take a plea deal for a lesser charge for 676 00:37:50,160 --> 00:37:52,880 Speaker 11: manslaughter an attempted sexual assault. 677 00:37:53,000 --> 00:37:55,359 Speaker 8: That was a difficult thing for Sarita's family to come 678 00:37:55,400 --> 00:37:57,680 Speaker 8: to terms with, but at the end of the day, 679 00:37:57,920 --> 00:38:00,279 Speaker 8: it was better to see their daughter's killer behind nine 680 00:38:00,320 --> 00:38:03,680 Speaker 8: bars than to risk him walking free. 681 00:38:04,080 --> 00:38:06,600 Speaker 7: It's always a risk when you go to trial. We 682 00:38:06,640 --> 00:38:09,120 Speaker 7: don't want any chance of this man going free. 683 00:38:10,200 --> 00:38:13,680 Speaker 4: At his first court hearing, Warren remains defiant. 684 00:38:14,520 --> 00:38:17,600 Speaker 7: He didn't follow the directions of the judge. He had 685 00:38:17,600 --> 00:38:20,200 Speaker 7: to physically be put to his feet to stand up. 686 00:38:21,360 --> 00:38:24,520 Speaker 4: But under the terms of his deal, he's compelled to 687 00:38:24,640 --> 00:38:26,240 Speaker 4: confess in open court. 688 00:38:26,800 --> 00:38:28,640 Speaker 7: He had to do what they told him to do. 689 00:38:28,680 --> 00:38:31,279 Speaker 7: If he wanted that deal. He had to admit not 690 00:38:31,520 --> 00:38:33,680 Speaker 7: just that he's guilty, but that he did hurt her. 691 00:38:34,719 --> 00:38:38,880 Speaker 2: I imagine that he felt very small that day. I 692 00:38:38,920 --> 00:38:39,439 Speaker 2: hope he did. 693 00:38:41,239 --> 00:38:45,400 Speaker 4: For the Williams family, Warren's confession offers a small degree 694 00:38:45,400 --> 00:38:45,960 Speaker 4: of closure. 695 00:38:46,960 --> 00:38:51,239 Speaker 5: There's nothing worse than something happening to a loved one 696 00:38:51,680 --> 00:38:55,120 Speaker 5: and you have no clue as to what happened and 697 00:38:55,239 --> 00:38:56,280 Speaker 5: why it happened. 698 00:38:57,160 --> 00:39:01,400 Speaker 4: But for his horrific crime, he's sentenced just twenty years 699 00:39:01,440 --> 00:39:01,960 Speaker 4: in prison. 700 00:39:03,239 --> 00:39:05,879 Speaker 11: We're looking at an individual who has known to be 701 00:39:06,239 --> 00:39:10,680 Speaker 11: a sexual deviant, who has raped a sixteen year old girl. 702 00:39:10,960 --> 00:39:13,319 Speaker 11: The reduced charges that he had got didn't seem to 703 00:39:13,320 --> 00:39:14,480 Speaker 11: sit well with the community. 704 00:39:15,760 --> 00:39:18,280 Speaker 7: This is gary that he will be eligible for parole. 705 00:39:18,680 --> 00:39:21,040 Speaker 7: That someone that could do a hintish crime like that 706 00:39:21,440 --> 00:39:23,760 Speaker 7: would walk home on the streets with us. 707 00:39:24,920 --> 00:39:27,520 Speaker 4: And while Lauren may get a second chance in life, 708 00:39:28,440 --> 00:39:31,760 Speaker 4: Sharita Williams never will. 709 00:39:32,000 --> 00:39:34,600 Speaker 2: One of the things that it's hardest to consider when 710 00:39:34,600 --> 00:39:37,080 Speaker 2: we look at the death of people, it's not who 711 00:39:37,080 --> 00:39:39,080 Speaker 2: they were, but who they could have been. 712 00:39:40,360 --> 00:39:42,360 Speaker 11: Her family will never be able to see her again. 713 00:39:42,640 --> 00:39:44,440 Speaker 11: They'll never be able to see what the type of 714 00:39:44,480 --> 00:39:45,640 Speaker 11: adult she would have become. 715 00:39:47,080 --> 00:39:49,600 Speaker 7: The loss of Sharida to the people that loved her, 716 00:39:49,960 --> 00:39:51,400 Speaker 7: it can't be measured. 717 00:39:52,120 --> 00:39:54,240 Speaker 11: The fact that she cared so much about other people 718 00:39:54,239 --> 00:39:56,320 Speaker 11: and that her life goal was to serve as people. 719 00:39:56,600 --> 00:39:59,680 Speaker 11: That's more than commendable, but she's not here to do so. 720 00:40:00,040 --> 00:40:01,600 Speaker 11: I think this is going to be something that lives 721 00:40:01,600 --> 00:40:04,879 Speaker 11: in the community forever. A Shida William's story is never 722 00:40:04,880 --> 00:40:10,440 Speaker 11: going to die away. 723 00:40:11,160 --> 00:40:14,759 Speaker 1: The loss of Sharita Williams serves as a poigned reminder 724 00:40:14,960 --> 00:40:18,760 Speaker 1: of the impact one young woman can have when driven 725 00:40:18,880 --> 00:40:22,799 Speaker 1: by the desire to make a difference. Her vibrant personality 726 00:40:22,880 --> 00:40:27,600 Speaker 1: inspired those around her, highlighting the importance of positivity and 727 00:40:27,680 --> 00:40:32,880 Speaker 1: compassion in our lives. Individuals like Sharita are vital and 728 00:40:33,080 --> 00:40:37,120 Speaker 1: driving change and brightening the world. Though her time was 729 00:40:37,160 --> 00:40:40,360 Speaker 1: cut short, the mark she left on those who knew 730 00:40:40,360 --> 00:40:44,920 Speaker 1: her and continue to love her encourages us to cultivate 731 00:40:45,000 --> 00:40:49,600 Speaker 1: kindness and contribute to others well being. Coming up on 732 00:40:49,680 --> 00:40:53,080 Speaker 1: the next episode of the Fatal Attraction podcast. 733 00:40:59,040 --> 00:41:02,040 Speaker 4: Being a mother was the most important thing in her life. 734 00:41:02,960 --> 00:41:06,160 Speaker 6: By the age of twenty seven, she had five kids. 735 00:41:07,160 --> 00:41:10,320 Speaker 7: Raising children, you pour everything into them. 736 00:41:11,080 --> 00:41:13,640 Speaker 4: So how could she just abandon them? 737 00:41:15,239 --> 00:41:16,840 Speaker 2: She said she was going to a convenience store. 738 00:41:17,960 --> 00:41:18,960 Speaker 11: She didn't make it home. 739 00:41:19,360 --> 00:41:21,720 Speaker 2: Where is she? What happened to her family? 740 00:41:25,040 --> 00:41:28,560 Speaker 1: Loved ones are confused and heartbroken as they searched for 741 00:41:28,680 --> 00:41:32,439 Speaker 1: be love mother OFFI from Detroit, Michigan. She stepped out 742 00:41:32,560 --> 00:41:36,240 Speaker 1: to run a simple errand and vanish without a trace. 743 00:41:36,800 --> 00:41:41,799 Speaker 1: What tragic events occurred on that fateful day. Tune in 744 00:41:41,840 --> 00:41:45,080 Speaker 1: to the next episode of the Fatal Attraction podcast. 745 00:41:45,640 --> 00:41:48,520 Speaker 3: We will see you in the next episode.