John Williams, 45, was charged in November 2022 with two counts of first-degree murder enhanced with a deadly weapon.
SEATTLE — A Seattle man will be sentenced Tuesday In 2022, a 55-year-old woman and a 53-year-old man were murdered in the city’s Georgetown neighborhood.
John Marcel Williams, 45, was charged in November 2022 with two counts of first-degree murder, each count enhanced with a deadly weapon. In March 2026, he was found guilty on two counts, including enhancement.
On October 30, 2022, at approximately 4:15 p.m., a 911 caller reported two people collapsed in an apartment in the 6100 block of Fourth Avenue South. When police arrived, they found a man and a woman dead.
According to charging documents, prosecutors said surveillance video showed Williams following the woman into her apartment. Six minutes later, prosecutors said Williams left the apartment with his hands visibly covered in a red substance.
Prosecutors said Williams stabbed the man and woman dozens of times in the head, neck and torso with a sharp instrument, according to surveillance video and the victim’s condition.
Williams faces up to life in prison.
Williams had been arrested multiple times in the months leading up to the killings. He was arrested and jailed in June, July, August and September 2022, according to the King County Prosecutor’s Office.
In June 2022, Williams was arrested on suspicion of property damage and criminal trespassing, according to Washington State Patrol records.
In July 2022, King County prosecutors argued there was probable cause for attempted rape and felony harassment and asked Williams to be held free on $150,000 bail. However, the judge at the first appearance set bail at $75,000 and the felony case was not presented to the county prosecutor, preventing charges from being filed.
In August 2022, he was arrested on a charge of fourth-degree assault, according to Washington State Patrol records.
Possible cause for felony harassment in September 2022, according to the King County Prosecutor’s Office. However, the felony case was again not presented to the county attorney, who was unable to file charges. Police turned the case over to the Seattle City Attorney’s Office, which filed five counts of assault and one count of carrying a concealed or unconcealed weapon.
