Chicago man accused of killing missing teen girlfriend who was found dead in his apartment
12/21/2023 1:38 pm PST
CHICAGO (TCD) -- A 24-year-old man accused of strangling his missing 15-year-old girlfriend to death allegedly made incriminating searches online, including "how to explain an asphyxiation death."
According to NBC Chicago, Amarise Parker was reported missing to Chicago Police on Sunday, Nov. 26, but then she came home the next day. Soon after, she disappeared a second time. On Dec. 10, she reportedly called her mother and asked her to pick her up near Joshua Williams' apartment. When her mother arrived, Parker wasn’t there.
On Dec. 11, Parker reportedly called her mother a second time. Her mother picked her up, and Parker returned home. Court documents cited by NBC Chicago say Parker explained to her mother than Williams did not let her leave the apartment, but she "escaped when he thought that she was in the restroom."
Parker went to school that day, but when her mother went to pick her up, she was once again nowhere to be fund.
On the night of Dec. 11, Parker reportedly stayed over at Williams' apartment on the 7200 block of South Phillips Avenue. A neighbor allegedly heard the couple arguing into the late hours of the night and into the next hours of the morning.
CBS Chicago reports Williams called his cousin on the night of Dec. 12 because Parker was "foaming at the mouth, and he did not know what to do." Williams' cousin called 911, and paramedics arrived at the scene. They went into the apartment and discovered Parker "lying in an open closet with a blanket covering all but her head."
Her neck reportedly appeared "red and cut," and her necklace had been wedged into her throat.
According to court documents cited by WBBM-TV, Parker also had a crushed windpipe due to the strangulation.
Detectives obtained videos from Williams' phone that allegedly showed him touching his girlfriend’s body. He also allegedly searched 50 topics on Google, including information on the death penalty, murder, "how to explain asphyxiation death," as well as additional "inculpatory" subjects.
WBBM reports Williams is wanted in Colorado Springs on a strangulation charge from 2019.
WGN-TV reports Williams was booked on charges of murder and being a fugitive from justice. He is currently being held without bond.
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