Tony Williams was a 50-year-old man living on the streets of Baton Rouge when his body was found on the morning of December 27, 2019. He was discovered on the front porch of a vacant house near the corner of North 18th and Convention Streets and had been fatally shot.

Williams’ killing followed the December 13, 2019 deaths of Christina Fowler, 53, and Gregory Corcoran, 40, who were found together under an overpass and also shot. The proximity and similar nature of the attacks led investigators to believe the cases were connected and that a single person had been targeting homeless people in the area.

Authorities arrested a 29-year-old Baton Rouge resident, Jeremy Anderson, in early January 2020 and charged him in the cases; he was later indicted on first-degree murder charges in Williams’ death and pleaded not guilty.

Did anyone in Baton Rouge know Tony Williams or recognize him from the area around North 18th and Convention Streets?