“It was a safe assumption that the perpetrators lived inside the subdivision,” said Rasheed Hamilton, a former detective with the Fulton County Police Department.ĭeeper digging by detectives revealed that the Amhurst community had been plagued by as many as six dozen petty burglaries over the past two years. And while witnesses in the neighborhood told police that the night of the murder they observed figures running through their backyard, no suspicious cars were seen speeding away. Police were still struggling to get past square one in the investigation. By all accounts, Williams was very well-liked. Police questioned if Williams had made enemies in her personal or professional life but a man she had dated for a short time was cleared as a suspect and a check of her office turned up no leads. Watch A New Episode Of 'Real Murders Of Atlanta' Now But since the bullet fragmented on impact, the murder weapon couldn’t be identified.

That press-contact wound indicated that she’d been intentionally shot, investigators said. Police considered that the murder was the result of a botched robbery.Īs they worked the case and canvassed the Amhurst subdivision, the autopsy report revealed that when Williams was shot, the gun was pressed to her forehead. The crime scene was processed for fingerprints, which ultimately didn’t advance the case. In 2011, she donated a kidney to an ailing sister. She was known by family, friends and coworkers for her selfless concern for others. Investigators learned that Williams worked as a manager at Target. RELATED: Atlanta Strip Club DJ Hired His Best Friend To Shoot And Kill His Wife In Their Home

She was rushed to the hospital, where she was eventually taken off life support and died. Then there was silence - 'and it was deafening,” former TV journalist Shaunya Chavis told Oxygen's “The Real Murders of Atlanta.'įirst responders found Williams, who had been shot in the forehead, alone in her home. “Help me,” she pleaded in a hushed voice. In the recorded call, she told the dispatcher that people were in her home and that was hiding in her closet. that evening, 43-year-old Pamela Williams, frantically called 911 to report a home invasion. Watch The Real Murders of Atlanta on Oxygen Fridays 9/8c and next day on Peacock.

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