On a cold Thanksgiving night in Evansville, Indiana, the life of 27-year-old Willie Williams was tragically cut short. On November 27, 2014, Williams was found in an alley, the victim of a fatal gunshot wound. His death was officially ruled a homicide, launching an investigation by the Evansville Police Department that would see several individuals named as persons of interest and one man ultimately indicted for the murder.
In the days and weeks that followed Williams' death, the
investigation appeared to be gaining momentum. Two men, Michael Wisdom and Keith Davis, were identified by police as persons of interest in the case. The nature of their suspected involvement was not made public, and it remains unclear what, if any, role they were found to have played in the events of that Thanksgiving night.
A more significant development came when Deshay Hackner was indicted by a grand jury for the murder of Willie Williams. This seemed to be a major step towards securing justice for Williams and his family. However, the legal proceedings following this indictment become less clear. While Hackner was a central figure in this case, his name would later be more prominently associated with another serious crime in Evansville.
Years after the death of Willie Williams, Deshay Hackner was tried, convicted, and sentenced for a separate and unrelated double murder that occurred in 2017. He received a lengthy prison sentence for this later crime. Despite the earlier indictment, public online sources do not contain information regarding a trial or conviction of Deshay Hackner for the 2014 murder of Willie Williams. The resolution of the murder charge against him in this specific case remains publicly unknown, leaving the story of Willie Williams' death without a definitive conclusion in the public record.
