Woman found strangled at home near West Palm Beach; another woman faces murder charge
WEST PALM BEACH — A 34-year-old woman is facing a murder charge after authorities alleged that she strangled another woman with a cellphone charging cord Sunday morning at a home in suburban West Palm Beach.
Palm Beach County sheriff's deputies took Sheree LaToya Williams into custody after responding just before 9:15 a.m. to reports of a naked woman climbing a tree on Magnolia Lane, near the intersection of Belvedere and Drexel roads. They found Williams hiding in a drainage pipe in a canal, according to an arrest report made public Monday.
Further investigation led deputies to a home on the 1500 block of Magnolia, where they found a woman dead. PBSO did not disclose any identifying information about the deceased woman, including her name or age.
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A man who called 911 told investigators that Williams was a tenant who was involved in a disturbance with another person in the home.
Williams received medical clearance at a hospital before her transfer to the county jail. During a hearing Monday, County Judge Ted Booras assigned Williams a public defender and ordered that she be held without bail. As a policy, the Palm Beach County Public Defender's Office does not comment on open cases.
The judge also ordered that Williams not have contact with the witnesses or the victim's family.
Julius Whigham II is a criminal justice and public safety reporter for The Palm Beach Post. You can reach him at jwhigham@pbpost.com and follow him on Twitter at @JuliusWhigham. Help support our work: Subscribe today.
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