John Williams, 45, was charged with two counts of murder in the first degree with deadly weapons enhancements in November 2022.
SEATTLE — A Seattle man is set to be sentenced Tuesday for the 2022 murders of a 55-year-old woman and a 53-year-old man in the city’s Georgetown neighborhood.
John Marcel Williams, 45, was charged in November 2022 with two counts of first-degree murder, each with a deadly weapon enhancement. He was found guilty on both counts, including the enhancements, in March 2026.
On Oct. 30, 2022, a 911 caller reported two people down in an apartment in the 6100 block of Fourth Avenue South around 4:15 p.m. When officers arrived, they found the man and woman dead.
According to charging documents, prosecutors allege Williams was seen on surveillance footage following the woman into her apartment. Six minutes later, prosecutors said Williams exited the apartment with his hands visibly covered in a red substance.
Based on the surveillance footage and the condition of the victims, prosecutors said Williams stabbed the man and woman dozens of times with a sharp instrument to their head, neck and torso.
Williams faces a maximum sentence of life in prison.
Williams had been arrested multiple times in the months leading up to the killings. According to the King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office, he was arrested and booked into jail in June, July, August and September 2022.
In June 2022, Williams was arrested on suspicion of property destruction and criminal trespassing, according to Washington State Patrol records.
In July 2022, King County prosecutors argued there was probable cause for attempted rape and felony harassment and requested that Williams be held on $150,000 bail. However, a first-appearance judge set bail at $75,000, and the felony case was not referred to county prosecutors, preventing charges from being filed.
In August 2022, he was arrested for fourth-degree assault, according to Washington State Patrol records.
In September 2022, there was probable cause for felony harassment, according to the King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office. However, the felony case again was not referred to county prosecutors, who were unable to file charges. Police referred the case to the Seattle City Attorney’s Office, which filed five counts of assault and one count of carrying a concealed or unconcealed weapon.
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