William DeAnthony Spruell, a 21-year-old African American man, was shot and killed on April 24, 2020, in a Taco Bell parking lot in Crest Hill, Illinois during what is described as a drug deal. The meeting was with 23-year-old Dwight Watkins of Plainfield; an altercation occurred and Watkins fired a single fatal shot.

The Crest Hill Police Department and the Will-Grundy Major Crimes Task Force investigated, interviewing witnesses and reviewing nearby business surveillance. Watkins was arrested August 25, 2020. He later pleaded guilty to second-degree murder as part of a plea agreement and was sentenced on June 1, 2022, to 16 years in prison. Spruell had been a Joliet West High School athlete with his photo in the school’s Champions Hall for wrestling and was enrolled in college studying Business Management at the time of his death.

Are there details about Spruell’s movements that day or witnesses who haven’t been heard from that could shed more light on what happened?