The official version of the murder of Felicia Gayle—worked out by the police, developed by the prosecutor, and upheld by the courts—goes like this: On the morning of August 11, 1998, a twenty ...

Williams was convicted of the 1998 killing of Felicia “Lisha” Gayle, a 42-year-old journalist and social worker. She died a gruesome death by repeated stabbing with her own kitchen knife.

The State of Missouri executed Marcellus “Khalifah” Williams on Tuesday night despite knowing he was most likely innocent of the crime he was condemned for.

Williams was convicted and sentenced to death in 2001 for the 1998 murder of Felicia Gayle, a social worker and well-known St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporter, who was killed in her home.

Williams' son, Marcellus Williams Jr., told KSDK-TV: "This is a murder." Williams, 55, was convicted in the Aug. 11, 1998 murder of Felicia "Lisha" Gayle, a former police reporter for the St ...

Williams was sentenced to death for the 1998 murder of Felicia Gayle, a reporter for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

The justices on Tuesday evening allowed Marcellus Williams' execution to go forward in Missouri, despite evidence he may have been innocent. (Thomas Hawk via Flickr) The Supreme Court on Tuesday ...

Williams, who was convicted of the 1998 murder of Felicia Gayle, was put to death by lethal injection at 6:10 pm CT on Tuesday, according to the Missouri Department of Corrections.

Murder victim and former St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporter Lisha Gayle in 1971. Marcellus Williams was convicted of her killing and executed on Sept. 24, 2024 in Missouri.

Marcellus Williams was convicted in the 1998 stabbing death of Felicia Gayle in Missouri, but DNA testing raised questions.