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WILLIAM BROTHERS CASES 1999 SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA Faye Springer Sacramento County District Attorneys Forensic Services Laboratory SYNAGOGUE ARSONS June 18, 1999 BNai Israel Beth Shalom Kenesset Israel Synagogue film

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WILLIAM BROTHERS CASES 1999 SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA

Faye Springer Sacramento County District Attorney’s Forensic Services Laboratory

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SYNAGOGUE ARSONS June 18, 1999

  • B’Nai Israel
  • Beth Shalom
  • Kenesset Israel
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Synagogue film clip

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Other Evidence

  • Newspaper in crate left at one of the

synagogues that was from Redding

  • Fliers left at two of the synagogues blame

the Jews for the bombings in Yugoslavia by NATO forces (eventually traced to Kinkos in Redding)

  • Palm print on one flier (eventually linked

to Benjamin Williams)

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POTENTIAL EVIDENCE FROM OIL JUGS

  • TRACE
  • FINGERPRINTS
  • ACCELERANT
  • CONTAINER
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ORDER OF PROCESSING

  • REMOVAL OF SOME OF THE

REMAINING LIQUID

  • TRACE EVIDENCE REMOVAL
  • FINGERPRINTS – (NEGATIVE

FINDINGS)

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TYPES OF TRACE EVIDENCE ON JUGS

  • RAG
  • ANIMAL HAIRS
  • FEATHERS
  • PAINT CHIPS
  • FIBERS
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DOUBLE HOMICIDE - REDDING

  • July 1, 1999
  • Gay Partners
  • Killed while asleep in their own home
  • Rural area near Redding
  • Vehicle and credit cards missing
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DOUBLE HOMICIDE MOVIE CLIP

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COUNTRY CLUB MEDICAL CLINIC

  • Arson – July 2, 1999
  • Clinic reportedly performed abortions
  • Arson occured approximately two weeks

after synagogue arson

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MEDICAL CLINIC MOVIE CLIP

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SIGNIFICANT EVIDENCE AFTER MEDICAL CLINIC ARSON

  • Mawder and Matson’s vehicle recovered in

the Oroville area

  • Williams brothers arrested for murder in early July

trying to retrieve items ordered with victm’s credit card in Yuba City, approximately half way between Sacramento and Redding

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ITEMS REMOVED FROM SUSPECT VEHICLE IN REDDING BY ATF

  • BLACK PRY BAR
  • BLACK WRECKING BAR
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BLACK WRECKING BAR

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BLACK PRY BAR

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OBSERVED ON THE BLACK WRECKING AND PRY BAR

  • BLACK WRECKING BAR

– Glass

  • BLACK PRY BAR

– Green Paint – Glass

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INTIAL EXAMINATIONS BLACK PRY BAR

  • Green Paint on bar consistent with green

painted trim on front door – Butano Dr.

  • Glass on bar similar to broken glass at the

Medical Office

  • Paint transfer on broken glass in door at the

Medical Office similar to black pry bar

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INITIAL EXAMINATION OF BLACK WRECKING BAR

  • Glass similar to broken glass at the Medical

Office and

  • Black paint transfer on Sanctuary door

window at B’Nai Israel consistent with black paint from wrecking bar

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SEARCH WARRANT WILLIAMS RESIDENCE PALO CEDRO

  • January 2000
  • Assisted in collection of trace evidence

reference materials

  • FBI and ATF
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ADDITIONAL EXAMINATIONS LINKING OIL JUGS AT B’NAI ISRAEL TO WILLIAMS RESIDENCE

  • Oil Jug Comparisons
  • Dog hair similar to dogs “Jessie” and

“Caleb”

  • Feathers consistent with fowl in coop
  • Paint chip similar to paint from coop
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MISCELLANEOUS COMPARISONS

  • Numerous glass fragment from a blue

coveralls from suspect’s residence similar to broken glass at Medical Office

  • Fiber transfers between coveralls and seat

fabric in homicide victim’s stolen car

  • Glass in homicide victim’s stolen car

similar to broken glass at Butano

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IN SUMMARY

Trace evidence examination showed an association between

  • the suspect’s pry and wrecking bar and the crime

scene at B’Nai Israel and the Medical Offices

  • the oil jugs left at B’Nai Israel and the Williams

residence

  • the homicide victim’s vehicle from Redding and

Medical Office scene as well as a pair of coveralls from the Williams brothers.

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INTERVIEW MOVIE CLIP

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Other

  • Williams brothers had a large cache of arms and

ammunition

  • Had a list of prominent members of various

synagogues and other politically important

  • individuals. This was likely a hit list.
  • May have had some connections to the World

Church of the Creator and other white supremacist groups but was never proven.

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COURT PROCEEDING

  • 1st trial was to be held in Federal Court in

Sacramento

  • Defense Attorneys requested a Daubert

hearing on the hair evidence, glass evidence, paint evidence, and fiber evidence

  • Declarations were written by myself, Jose

Almirall, Hal Deadman, and Scott Ryland

  • Request for the hearing was denied
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COURT PROCEEDING

  • Two brothers pled guilty to the Arsons

crimes in Sacramento in 2001

  • Moved to Redding for the Homicide-

Special Circumstance Trial

  • Benjamin Williams committed suicide

before trail in 2002

  • Tyler Williams pled guilty and is servicing a

Life Sentence

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QUESTIONS