On the morning of April 29, 2015, 42-year-old Rhonda Williams of Union City, Georgia, was found shot to death inside her Main Street home after police responded about 12:45 a.m. The shooting was described as a domestic incident; Williams’s two children were in the home when the attack occurred. Family members said tensions had been high with her ex-husband, 53-year-old William Lee Sankey, who despite a 2014 divorce had been allowed by court decree to continue living in the house with Williams and their young daughter.

Williams’s brother, who also lived at the residence, heard shots and found Sankey near her body; Sankey allegedly told him he had to do it and then fired a final shot into the back of Williams’s head. Sankey called family members to confess and delayed anyone from contacting police for several hours before fleeing and later turning himself in.

Sankey was arrested and charged with felony murder, aggravated assault, cruelty to children, false imprisonment, and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime. A Fulton County jury later found him guilty of murder, felony murder, and aggravated assault. If anyone knew Rhonda or has information about that night, please share what might help the case.