‘An extremely cruel way to kill a person’: Man gets life without parole for murdering estranged husband, restaurateur John Williams

Judge heard three days of testimony regarding aggravating and mitigating evidence surrounding the crime.

By Jessica Miller Schreifels

| Aug. 31, 2017, 4:48 p.m.

| Updated: Feb. 9, 2019, 8:52 p.m.

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