Dateline revisiting Mike Williams murder case Friday night

Tallahassee Democrat

NBC’s Dateline will revisit the Mike Williams murder case Friday night with interviews including one with his mother Cheryl Williams.

Cheryl Williams, mother of Mike Williams, the man who was murdered over 18 years ago, looks out from the car window at her son's tombstone and gravesite, Wednesday Feb. 6, 2019. Denise Williams, wife of Mike Williams, was sentenced to life in prison plus 30 years.

She was instrumental in pressing investigators to look into her son’s disappearance in December 2000 while on a duck hunting trip to Lake Seminole. After 17 years it was proven he was murdered — shot and killed by his best friend Brian Winchester in a plot orchestrated by him and Williams’ wife Denise Williams, with whom he was having an affair.

Josey Visnovske, a family friend of the Williams family, left, Nick Williams, brother of Mike Williams the man who was murdered 18 years ago by his best friend and wife, stand with Cheryl Williams, Mike Williams mother, as she reads her victim impact statement to the courtroom during the sentencing for Mike's wife, Denise Williams, Wednesday Feb. 6, 2019. Williams was sentenced to life in prison plus 30 years.

She was convicted for her role in his murder in December and sentenced to life in prison earlier this month. Her arrest came after Winchester, who was granted immunity, confessed to the killing and implicated her in devising the murder for insurance money plot.

Friday’s episode will include footage from the week-long trial at the Leon County Courthouse. It airs at 10 p.m. on NBC.

Contact Karl Etters at ketters@tallahassee.com or @KarlEtters on Twitter

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