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Mary Catherine Williams, a 40-year-old African American woman, was tragically murdered on September 5, 2000, in Brooklyn, New York. She is recognized as the final known victim of Vincent Johnson, an African American male serial killer infamously dubbed 'The Brooklyn Strangler.' Johnson's killing spree targeted vulnerable women, primarily those involved in sex work and struggling with addiction, within the Williamsburg and Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhoods between 1999 and 2000.

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Victim Details

Mary Catherine Williams

Female

Black / African American

Brooklyn

NY

2000-09-05

40

Mary

Catherine Williams

11/10/2025