Episode 410: The Murder of Mike Williams

Mike Williams was a dedicated husband, wife, and employee who loved hunting and was excited for upcoming travel when he disappeared while hunting on Lake Seminole in Florida in December 2000. Initially it was believed he drowned in an accident and alligators ate his body, but his mom Cheryl didn’t believe it and kept pushing for her son’s case to be re-investigated. When his best friend - and wife Denise’s new husband - Brian Winchester was arrested after kidnapping Denise, everything in Mike’s case changed.

Sources for this episode:

https://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/local/state/2021/09/09/denise-williams-convicted-wife-mike-williams-murder-resentenced-30-years/5774312001/

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mike-williams-murder-tallahassee-florida-cold-blooded-killer-48-hours/

https://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/2018/05/08/timeline-mike-williams-case-tallahassee-mystery-winchester-denise/587494002/

https://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/2018/05/08/17-years-after-mike-williams-disappearance-wife-charged-his-murder-tallahassee-denise-winchester/587671002/

https://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/2018/10/19/mike-williams-murder-denise-williams-brian-winchester-chery-williams-lake-seminole-alligators/1687512002/

https://unquestionablycriminal.medium.com/an-alligator-ate-my-husband-660858c0c181

https://people.com/crime/mike-williams-mystery-in-swamp-people-magazine-investigates/

https://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/2018/05/08/mike-williams-body-found-grace-god-tallahassee-winchester/590783002/

https://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/2018/12/15/mike-williams-murder-jury-cheryl-justice-jennifer-portman-guilty-denise-winchester-verdict-court/2322987002/