Governor Kay Ivey has set the lethal injection execution date of Jeremy Tremaine Williams, the man convicted of killing and posthumously sexually assaulting five-year-old Kamarie Holland in 2021.
After the Alabama Supreme Court cleared the way on Tuesday, Ivey set the thirty-hour execution time frame, beginning at midnight on Thursday, August 13, and expiring at 6 a.m. on Friday, August 14. The execution will take place at Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore.
Williams was sentenced to death in April 2024 after a jury found him guilty on multiple counts related to the brutal kidnapping, murder and posthumous sexual assault of Holland.
He filed for an appeal in October of the same year. However, in May of last year, he waived all his legal rights and dropped all of his appeals, expediting his execution significantly.
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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 under 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.
On Dec. 13, 2021, Kristy Siple, who the sheriff's office initially reported 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. Although not initially listed as a suspect, Siple was arrested shortly thereafter in connection with the murder.
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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.
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