In the early hours of Sunday, June 26, 2022, Daffaney Parker, a 41-year-old Black woman, was shot and killed in Macon, Georgia. Bibb County Sheriff's deputies received a call around 5 a.m. regarding a person shot during a domestic dispute in the 300 block of Leaf Court. When they arrived, they found Ms. Parker fatally wounded at the scene.
The investigation soon revealed a history of alleged threats. About a year before her death, in June 2021, Ms. Parker had filed for a temporary protective order against her ex-boyfriend, Rickanian Williams. In the court filing, she stated that Williams had followed her, pointed a gun at her, and threatened her life, saying, "I should kill you." She also alleged that he struck her in the face, knocking her unconscious. A judge initially granted the protective order, but the case was dismissed a month later after neither Ms. Parker nor Williams appeared for a scheduled court hearing.
Following the fatal shooting, the Bibb County
Sheriff’s Office named Rickanian Williams, then 43, a person of interest and asked the public for help in finding him for questioning. For more than a year, the investigation into Ms. Parker's death continued. A major development came on October 31, 2023, when authorities arrested Rickanian Tremain Williams. He was booked into the Bibb County Law Enforcement Center on warrants connected to the murder.
Williams was initially charged with murder and held without bond. In January 2024, a grand jury indicted him on three counts of murder, one count of aggravated assault, and two firearm possession charges. As of November 2024, Williams was awaiting legal proceedings for the death of Daffaney Parker.
