[Murder Cases here are usually filed in the name of the perpetrator, or the lead perpetrator. If the case remains unsolved or with several killers, the case may be filed in the name of the victim]
Wilson, Alistair p1 - Wilson-Spencer, Timothy p1 - Wiltrout, Ricky p1 - Winchester, Brian & Denise Williams p1 - Wingeart, Jerald p1 - Winston, Thomas p1 - Witham, James et al p1 - Wolf, Shirley & Cindy Lee p2 - Wohlford, Samantha et al p2 - Wone, Robert murder p2 - Wong, Eric et al p2 - Wongso, Jessica p2 - Woodcock, Peter p2 - Woodfield, Randall Brent p3 - Woods, Betty & Peggy p4 - Woodward, Louise p3 - Worgan, George p4 - Wright, Amber p4 - Wright, Ernest p4 - Wright, Sherra p4 - Wright, Steven p4 - Wrightson, Angela murder p5 - Wuornos, Aileen p5 - Wyers, Priscilla p6 -
WILSON, ALISTAIR murder: Murder on the Doorstep TV -
November 2004, 7 p.m. in the Scottish town of Nairn: It was a cold-blooded murder that shocked Britain. The brutal murder of father-of-two Alistair Wilson is one of the Britain’s most puzzling unsolved crimes. Murder on the Doorstep, Channel 5 2022
Assassinated on his own front doorstep and was found lying in a pool of blood by his wife Veronica. ibid.
With no evidence of any links to crime, addictions or extra-marital affairs, a case of mistaken identity initially seemed the most likely explanation for his murder. ibid.
WILSON-SPENCER, TIMOTHY: Born to Kill? TV -
In the late 1980s the US state of Virginia was struck by a cruel killer. His violent campaign spreading terror. The murders were slow and sadistic. But what drove these heinous crimes? Was the twisted perpetrator born to kill? Born to Kill? s6e9: Timothy Wilson-Spencer, Really 2017
Investigators also recalled a string of unsolved sexual attacks that had featured similar sadistic traits. ibid.
Arlington & Richmond detectives discovered shocking similarities between the more recent murders in the two districts; the movements of Timothy Spencer were also impossible to ignore. ibid.
WILTROUT, RICKY murder: Crime Stories TV -
A shocking discovery on a US naval base [Norfolk]. And CIS forms a task force to uncover a secret. And the trail leads them half way around the world. Crime Stories: Friendly Fire
The area where Ricky Wiltrout lived and died is a small close knit community just outside the base perimeter. ibid.
A reported fight between him and his brother-in-law Bill Morrison. ibid.
He wasn’t the last person to see Ricky that night. ibid.
WINCHESTER, BRIAN & DENISE WILLIAMS: Cold Case Files TV -
[Mother]: For the next 17 years I spent my life trying to find my child. Cold Case Files s2e1: The Voice in the Lake, A&E 2021
December 16 2000, Tallahassee, Florida: Denise [wife] called and they can’t find Mike [Williams]. ibid. mother
It’s been nearly six months since Mike Williams was declared dead by accidental drowning. The search for his body has come to a halt. But not everyone agrees with the official cause of death. ibid. narrator
I finally got my criminal investigation in February of 2004. ibid. mother
Brian [Winchester, friend] turns up and finds the boat. ibid. rozzer
His [Brian’s] insurance police for $1 million. ibid.
All of a sudden the guy that wrote the million dollar policy is married to the woman who’s benefited from Mike William’s death. ibid.
2016: When Denise Williams shows up at Leon County Sheriff’s Office to report a harrowing account of being kidnapped at gunpoint by her estranged husband, Brian Winchester, it’s the opening detectives need. ibid.
Brian had agreed to tell authorities what really happened on that lake all those years ago. ibid.
‘She [Denise] wanted a scenario where it wasn’t a murder but it was an accident.’ ibid.
WINGEART, JERALD: World’s Most Evil Killers TV -
In January 1973 a young woman [Dawn Magyar] went missing in a quiet Michigan farming community. Six years later a sixteen-year-old student was murdered in similar circumstances just 40 miles away. Jerald Wingeart followed a pattern: he would patrol rural towns and college campuses for free young women to abduct, to rape, sometimes to kill. World’s Most Evil Killers s8e2: Jerald Wingeart
WINSTON, THOMAS murder: Angus MacQueen: Our Drugs War TV -
Thomas Winston, a stereotype, a black New Yorker who has been in and out of prison all his life for the sale and possession of drugs. Thomas has signed up for a campaign to reform New York’s Rockefeller drug laws. The sale or possession of small amounts of drugs are given a mandatory sentence equivalent to second-degree murder. Angus MacQueen, Our Drugs War: Life and Death of a Dealer
As I stand there explaining the film we are making I’m actually the only white person in the room. Yet a recent Human Rights Watch report had confirmed that whites both sell and take drugs just as much as blacks. ibid.
On Christmas Day 2009 Thomas was stabbed to death on the Queensbridge Estate. ibid.
WITHAM, JAMES et al: Merseyside Detectives: The Murders of Ashley & Olivia TV -
21st August 2022 [rozzers enter property]: Romeo 151, I need an ambulance. Got a female in the back. She’s unconscious, and there’s blood everywhere, mate. Can’t get a pulse on the female … Looking inside the property there are spent casings and there are also impact marks within the dining room … Merseyside Detectives: The Murders of Ashley & Olivia I: Liverpool 2022, rozzer’s message, Channel 4 2024
Ashley [Dale] on Sunday, Olivia [Pratt-Korbel] on Monday, it’s abhorrent. ibid. woman
The senseless murder of an innocent 28-year-old woman in her own home. ibid. man
Welcome to the first murder conference in respect of Ashley Dale who was tragically shot during the early hours of this morning. Horrendous. The family are devastated, completely distraught. What we saw was a white BMW; it was registered to Ashley. That had got three puncture wounds … The offender or offenders have kicked the front door in, gone inside, discharged a firearm multiple times. ibid. head rozzer
She lived with a male by the name of Lee James Harrison. We need to locate Lee Harrison as a matter of urgency. ibid.
So this is a photo that’s come off Ashley’s phone. That’s Lee. Clearly a few years ago. This is Niall Barry. He features heavily through the phone but under the nickname Branch. And it would seem at one point Branch and Lee were best friends. They worked together. Lee and Niall were involved in drug supply. But there’s some suggestion that Branch had been ripping Lee off. Merseyside Detectives: The Murders of Ashley & Olivia II, rozzer
Detectives believe Ashley’s partner, Lee Harrison, was the intended target. Merseyside Detectives: The Murders of Ashley & Olivia III
One of these males we believe is James Witham. ibid.
Detectives investigating the killing of Ashley Dale have received information about the possible whereabouts of the two men wanted for her murder. A firearms teams has been sent to intercept the car they are believed to be travelling in. ibid.
So these two work for Niall Barry. ibid. rozzer
So we seized this phone, which is an Encro enabled phone, from Niall Barry … Our colleagues in Europe cracked the encryption. Merseyside Detectives: The Murders of Ashley & Olivia IV