Michael Wayne Williams

Serial Killer

Michael Wayne Williams – Serial Killer Profile

Overview:

Michael Wayne Williams (b. 1968) is a convicted American serial killer from Virginia. He was responsible for at least six murders in 1992–1993 and was convicted of capital murder, robbery, rape, arson, burglary, and abduction. He received the death penalty for the murder of a couple in Cumberland County, Virginia, and life sentences for multiple other murders.

Crime Spree Timeline & Victims:

• Dec 1992 – Prince George County, VA (4 victims): - Williams and accomplice killed four men, all shot in the head. Their home was set on fire afterward. - Victims included Morris Keller Jr. (45) and Mary Elizabeth Keller (35)? Actually those were later. In this incident four men, unnamed publicly, were murdered. Williams later pleaded guilty to three counts of 1st‑degree murder for these slayings.
• Feb 27 1993 – Cumberland County, VA (2 victims): - **Morris Keller Jr. (45)**: shot by Williams near wooded thicket after being forced to strip and bound. - **Mary Elizabeth Keller (35)**: wife, forcibly stripped, raped (first by Williams, then by accomplice Jeffrey Alan Cruse), marched to thicket, and shot—Cruse shot her first; Williams ensured death by further gunfire. - The Kellers’ Jeep was stolen, and their home set ablaze to destroy evidence. Williams and Cruse fled to Fredericksburg, sold stolen items, and torched the Jeep and dumped the weapon.

Legal Proceedings & Sentences:

• January 1994 trial: convicted of capital murder (Keller couple), along with burglary, rape, arson, robbery, abduction. Sentenced to death by lethal injection at Greensville Correctional Center.
• Criminal plea: pleaded guilty to capital murder and three counts of 1st‑degree murder for the December 1992 Prince George County slayings. Received life imprisonment for each.
• Accomplice Jeffrey Alan Cruse (age 25): testified against Williams, received life sentence.

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Confirmed Victims: (6)

Morris Keller Jr. Age: (45), Date of Death: 1993-02-27

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