Thursday, March 20, 2014

Conviction


     This update was sent our way this afternoon by a dear friend, one of Mikel's former professors:

Joseph Robert Suess Convicted of Murdering Popular IVC Student Mikel Anthony Williams (OC Weekly)

     Excerpt:
     The fatal stabbing of 55-year-old Mikel Anthony Williams struck a chord at Irvine Valley College in 2012. After a rough life--Williams' mother and brother were murdered before him--he seemed to have turned his life around after getting a college education at IVC, moving into housing nearby and trading bus rides for his own car.
     On Wednesday, his killer was convicted of first-degree murder and now faces 76 years to life in prison at a scheduled May 23 sentencing hearing in Santa Ana….
     Thanks to Matt Coker and the OC Weekly for following this story from the beginning.
     To read the article in its entirety, click here

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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Thanks for the update. Very sad all around.

Roy's obituary in LA Times and Register: "we were lucky to have you while we did"

  This ran in the Sunday December 24, 2023 edition of the Los Angeles Times and the Orange County Register : July 14, 1955 - November 20, 2...