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WILLIAM BROTHERS CASES1999
SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIAFaye Springer
Sacramento County District Attorney’s Forensic Services
Laboratory
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SYNAGOGUE ARSONSJune 18, 1999
• B’Nai Israel
• Beth Shalom
• Kenesset Israel
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Synagogue film clip
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Other Evidence
• Newspaper in crate left at one of the synagogues that was from Redding
• Fliers left at two of the synagogues blame the Jews for the bombings in Yugoslavia by NATO forces (eventually traced to Kinkos in Redding)
• Palm print on one flier (eventually linked to Benjamin Williams)
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POTENTIAL EVIDENCE FROM OIL JUGS
• TRACE
• FINGERPRINTS
• ACCELERANT
• CONTAINER
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ORDER OF PROCESSING
• REMOVAL OF SOME OF THE REMAINING LIQUID
• TRACE EVIDENCE REMOVAL
• FINGERPRINTS – (NEGATIVE FINDINGS)
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TYPES OF TRACE EVIDENCE ON JUGS
• RAG
• ANIMAL HAIRS
• FEATHERS
• PAINT CHIPS
• FIBERS
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DOUBLE HOMICIDE - REDDING
• July 1, 1999
• Gay Partners
• Killed while asleep in their own home
• Rural area near Redding
• Vehicle and credit cards missing
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DOUBLE HOMICIDE MOVIE CLIP
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COUNTRY CLUB MEDICAL CLINIC
• Arson – July 2, 1999
• Clinic reportedly performed abortions
• Arson occured approximately two weeks after synagogue arson
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MEDICAL CLINIC MOVIE CLIP
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SIGNIFICANT EVIDENCE AFTER MEDICAL CLINIC ARSON
• Mawder and Matson’s vehicle recovered in the Oroville area
• Williams brothers arrested for murder in early July trying to retrieve items ordered with victm’s credit card in Yuba City, approximately half way between Sacramento and Redding
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ITEMS REMOVED FROM SUSPECT VEHICLE IN
REDDING BY ATF
• BLACK PRY BAR
• BLACK WRECKING BAR
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BLACK WRECKING BAR
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BLACK PRY BAR
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OBSERVED ON THE BLACK WRECKING AND PRY BAR
• BLACK WRECKING BAR– Glass
• BLACK PRY BAR– Green Paint – Glass
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INTIAL EXAMINATIONSBLACK PRY BAR
• Green Paint on bar consistent with green painted trim on front door – Butano Dr.
• Glass on bar similar to broken glass at the Medical Office
• Paint transfer on broken glass in door at the Medical Office similar to black pry bar
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INITIAL EXAMINATION OF BLACK WRECKING BAR
• Glass similar to broken glass at the Medical Office and
• Black paint transfer on Sanctuary door window at B’Nai Israel consistent with black paint from wrecking bar
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SEARCH WARRANT WILLIAMS RESIDENCE
PALO CEDRO
• January 2000
• Assisted in collection of trace evidence reference materials
• FBI and ATF
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ADDITIONAL EXAMINATIONS LINKING
OIL JUGS AT B’NAI ISRAEL TO WILLIAMS RESIDENCE
• Oil Jug Comparisons
• Dog hair similar to dogs “Jessie” and “Caleb”
• Feathers consistent with fowl in coop
• Paint chip similar to paint from coop
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MISCELLANEOUS COMPARISONS
• Numerous glass fragment from a blue coveralls from suspect’s residence similar to broken glass at Medical Office
• Fiber transfers between coveralls and seat fabric in homicide victim’s stolen car
• Glass in homicide victim’s stolen car similar to broken glass at Butano
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IN SUMMARY
Trace evidence examination showed an association between
• the suspect’s pry and wrecking bar and the crime scene at B’Nai Israel and the Medical Offices
• the oil jugs left at B’Nai Israel and the Williams residence
• the homicide victim’s vehicle from Redding and Medical Office scene as well as a pair of coveralls from the Williams brothers.
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INTERVIEW MOVIE CLIP
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Other
• Williams brothers had a large cache of arms and ammunition
• Had a list of prominent members of various synagogues and other politically important individuals. This was likely a hit list.
• May have had some connections to the World Church of the Creator and other white supremacist groups but was never proven.
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COURT PROCEEDING
• 1st trial was to be held in Federal Court in Sacramento
• Defense Attorneys requested a Daubert hearing on the hair evidence, glass evidence, paint evidence, and fiber evidence
• Declarations were written by myself, Jose Almirall, Hal Deadman, and Scott Ryland
• Request for the hearing was denied
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COURT PROCEEDING
• Two brothers pled guilty to the Arsons crimes in Sacramento in 2001
• Moved to Redding for the Homicide- Special Circumstance Trial
• Benjamin Williams committed suicide before trail in 2002
• Tyler Williams pled guilty and is servicing a Life Sentence
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QUESTIONS