Kelvin Demond Williams was sentenced to life in prison without parole plus 100 years for murdering his wife Tenisha Williams and shooting at her teenage stepson in Woodstock, Georgia. The incident occurred on July 13, 2025, and Williams was convicted following a trial where jurors viewed home camera footage. He showed no remorse after the killing, smoking a cigarette near her body.
On July 13, 2025, around 10:40 p.m., Kelvin Demond Williams, 48, fired multiple shots at his 16-year-old stepson and wife Tenisha Williams, 48, in their home on Daventry Crossing in Woodstock, Georgia. Home camera footage shown to jurors captured Williams missing an initial shot at the stepson's head, followed by shots at Tenisha and the fleeing boy. He then cornered her in the kitchen as she begged him not to shoot, delivering a fatal fifth shot before asking, 'You dead, [expletive]?' while standing over her body. A 4-year-old boy slept unharmed in another room during the attack, and the stepson called 911 from hiding, reporting the shootings. Deputies arrived to find Williams smoking a cigarette in the kitchen; they arrested him and discovered Tenisha dead from a gunshot wound, with the weapon on the kitchen island. They safely removed the two boys from the home. Superior Court Judge Shannon Wallace sentenced Williams on Thursday to life without parole plus 100 years after a jury convicted him of murder and aggravated assault following less than an hour of deliberation. Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney Rachel Ashe, who prosecuted, described the evidence as 'overwhelming' and noted Williams' years of isolating and controlling Tenisha, including making her wear a tracking device and buy the murder weapon that day. Family members said he barred her from speaking to her adult children or attending her mother's funeral. District Attorney Susan K. Treadaway called the violence 'evil and inexcusable,' praising the jury's courage. The judge deemed Williams' actions 'unfathomable.'