A ruling within the Clarendon Parish Court docket has cleared the best way for a chef accused of killing his spouse and setting their residence ablaze to face trial within the Circuit Court docket.
On Wednesday, the courtroom decided that enough proof exists in opposition to Anray Williams to require him to reply to prices of homicide and arson. Consequently, the matter has been dedicated to the Clarendon Circuit Court docket, the place trial proceedings are scheduled to start on April 21.
Williams is accused in reference to the loss of life of his spouse, 33-year-old Judian Guthrie-Williams, at their residence in Frankfield. Prosecutors allege that throughout the early hours of April 8, 2025, the couple turned concerned in a dispute, throughout which Williams is alleged to have used a knife to fatally injure his spouse earlier than setting the home on hearth.
Each occupants have been reportedly faraway from the burning constructing by residents within the space. Emergency companies have been summoned, and firefighters later extinguished the blaze. After cooling operations, the girl’s physique was transported to the morgue pending a autopsy examination.
Williams later surrendered himself to the police and was subsequently charged. He’s being represented by attorney-at-law Odane Marston.
