Williams charged with murder, attempted rape

He was apprehended Wednesday morning in Cotton Tree and today former fugitive Douglas Williams was held accountable for a pair of crimes allegedly committed while he was on the run. The thirty three-year-old native of Roaring Creek has been charged with murder in the October 1997 killing of retired public officer Joseph Bulwer at Bulwer’s farm in Cayo. Williams has also been charged with the attempted rape and indecent assault of a seventeen-year-old girl in St. Margaret’s Village in January. Viewers may recall her compelling story as reported on Channel Five at that time. In his press conference yesterday Police Commissioner Ornel Brooks announced that a police sub station will shortly be established in that area.