He Killed His Best Friend To Steal His Wife - The Mike Williams and Denise Williams story
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Who were Mike Williams and Denise Williams?
So this guy, his name's Brian, and Brian has a problem. He's in love with his best friend's wife, and he'll do anything to be with her, including murder his best friend. Now, Brian's best friend is this guy, Mike. And Mike is married to this woman, Denise. And they all live in Florida, because of course they do.
How did the affair between Denise and Brian Winchester start?
So one day in 1997, Brian is looking at his best friend's wife, Denise, like, damn, she kinda foine. And Denise is looking at him like, yo, he kinda foine. And soon enough, the two start secretly smashing on the side behind Mike's back. And this cheating goes on for a few years. And eventually, Brian and Denise decide that this side smashing is great for them. And they want to be together permanently. Now, at this point, Denise could come clean and divorce Mike and go run away with Brian and live happily ever after, but that's not what they decide to do. Apparently, Denise is very Christian and way too religious to get a divorce. So instead, they decide they're going to murder Mike.
What was the murder plan for Mike Williams?
And they come up with this insane plan to take him out to a lake and drown him. So one day in 2000, Brian invites Mike to go on a duck hunting trip. These guys often go on these duck hunting trips. So they go and the two guys are out on this swampy lake in Mike's boat shooting at ducks or whatever. And so they're out there and Mike is wearing a big jacket because it's cold and waders. And waders are rather heavy waterproof pants. They look like this. And at one point, Brian gets Mike to stand up in the boat and suddenly, boom, he pushes him as hard as he can over the side of the boat and into the water. Because he's hoping that the waders fill up with water and Mike won't be able to get them off and he'll drown in the lake and the whole thing will look like one big accident.
How was Mike Williams murdered?
However, Mike is resilient and he quickly rips off the big jacket and he pulls himself out of the waders and he manages to grab on to a nearby tree stump sticking out of the water. And so Brian sees this and he's like, oh, it didn't work. He didn't drown. So he grabs his shotgun out of the boat, aims it down at Mike, and pulls the trigger. Blam! And this, unfortunately, unalives him. Then, Brian puts Mike's body in the back of his truck, and later, he drives it to a different lake, and he buries him in the mud there. And now, it's Denise's turn to play her part in this. So she starts calling around to people, pretending to be worried that Mike hasn't returned from his duck hunting trip. Like, have you seen Mike? Mike is missing!
What were the initial reactions and aftermath of Mike's disappearance?
And pretty quickly, police get involved and a huge search gets underway. And they comb through the lake looking for any sign of Mike. But of course, they don't find a body or anything other than his boat floating out on the water. And 44 days go by and police are still looking. And ultimately, they got nothing. So they call the search off, and everyone assumes Mike must have passed away in an unfortunate boating accident where he fell into the water with his waders on and never came back up, and that his body was probably eaten by alligators. But then, six months later, something unexpected happens.
What did the discovery of evidence in the lake reveal?
A local fisherman is out on the lake and he finds Mike's waders in the water, which opens the search back up for a while. So police send divers out and they find Mike's fishing jacket and his hunting license. But here's the first thing they notice about all these items. None of them are damaged. Like they don't have alligator teeth marks on them. So Mike couldn't have been eaten by gators.
How did Denise and Brian benefit from Mike's death?
I mean, this must have been foul play. Meanwhile, Denise is elsewhere happy. Not because they found Mike's stuff, but because she's about to collect life insurance on his death. Like a lot of life insurance. $1.7 million, in fact. And to make it even more sinister, Brian is a life insurance salesman, and he is the one who sold Mike the policy just before he died. How f***ing evil is that?
How did Denise and Brian's relationship progress after Mike's murder?
But whatever, Brian doesn't care. He got what he wanted. He's now with his friend's wife, and she is now a millionaire, and they continue on with their relationship. And five years later, in 2005, Brian and Denise get married. And disgustingly, they decide to live in the same house where she had lived with Mike. And it seems like their plan worked, and these guys are never gonna get caught.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
Who were Mike Williams and Denise Williams?
0:00–0:22
2
How did the affair between Denise and Brian Winchester start?
0:22–1:10
3
What was the murder plan for Mike Williams?
1:10–1:58
4
How was Mike Williams murdered?
1:58–2:42
5
What were the initial reactions and aftermath of Mike's disappearance?
2:42–3:21
6
What did the discovery of evidence in the lake reveal?
3:21–3:44
7
How did Denise and Brian benefit from Mike's death?
3:44–4:14
8
How did Denise and Brian's relationship progress after Mike's murder?
4:14–8:27
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