Jeremy Tremaine Williams, the man convicted of killing and posthumously sexually assaulting five-year-old Kamarie Holland, received a death sentence after being found guilty of the crime last month.
On Dec. 13, 2021, Kristy Siple was initially reported by the sheriff's office as Christie Hoskins called to report her daughter, Kamarie Holland, missing. According to the original report from the Russell County Sheriff's Office, Siple claimed she awoke early in the morning to find that her daughter was missing from home.
Later that day, police found Holland's body in an abandoned house in Phenix City. Police said that she likely died of asphyxiation, and there was evidence of sexual abuse.
Shortly after, Williams was arrested and charged. Williams had previously lived in the house where Holland was found.
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Williams was found guilty of four counts of capital murder and one count each of sodomy, sexual abuse of a child less than 12, production of obscene material involving a child, human trafficking, conspiracy to commit human trafficking and abuse of a corpse. He was sentenced to death for the capital murder convictions.
Court documents claim Williams "recorded himself raping and sodomizing" Kamarie after her demise.
Williams has a history of child abuse accusations. In 2009, Williams was charged with burning a three-year-old child, of whom he was the guardian, with hot water so severely as to cause him serious injury. Williams was found not guilty of the charge. He was also a suspect in the death of a one-year-old in Alaska but was never charged.
Siple pleaded guilty to first-degree human trafficking for her role in Holland's death. Court records state Siple sold Holland to Williams for $2,500. Siple will be sentenced in July, missing the October 1 start time for a new law in Alabama that requires mandatory life sentences for those convicted of trafficking minors.
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