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Feb 5, 2007 1:21 am US/Central
Williams' Family Frustrated By Death Investigation
CAVAZOS, CAROL
FORT WORTH (CBS 11 News) ―
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Thousands of people streamed by the casket of slain Denver Broncos cornerback Darrent Williams during a visitation Friday, Jan. 5, 2007 at the Great Commission Baptist Church in Fort Worth, Texas. Williams' funeral was the next day at the same church.
Rocky Mountain News
Denver police hope a man arrested and charged with a parole violation will tell what he knows about the death of Denver Broncos player Darrent Williams.
The Fort Worth native was shot to death on New Year's morning. No one has been charged with Williams' murder, but leads are mounting.
Now the woman who raised Williams is speaking publicly for the first time about the crime.
Family members say they're growing increasingly frustrated with the investigation, but with new developments in the case, the family has hope the killer may soon be revealed, so they can have closure.
Williams was like a lion on the field. At 5 feet, 8 inches tall and 188 pounds, the Fort Worth native and O.D. Wyatt High School standout was considered small by NFL standards, but to many he was considered to be all heart.
"It's just... I don't know what to say, okay? It's just a terrible loss," said he grandmother, Easter Williams.
His 70-year-old grandmother, who raised him, has one request: "That whoever did this... that they just pay for it, okay?"
And she wants justice for the heirs of his legacy. "For we can have justice that way," said Tierria Leonard, the mother of William's children. "When my kids get older, I can let them know they did get their father's killer or killers."
Fans stack tributes, like flowers, on YouTube and MySpace websites while the family looks for signs of an arrest leading to a conviction.
"We just want somebody locked up, whoever did it," said family friend Paul Martin.
"Not only do we want justice, but we want peace of mind – everybody," said William's cousin, Clifford Williams.
At 24, Williams was having a good run. The question remains: who stopped him?
"I hope they find the people who did it to him," said another of William's cousin, Stanley Williams.
The Broncos have established the Darrent Williams Memorial Grant. It offers $50,000 to organizations in Denver that promote positive alternatives for young people.
The Broncos also put up $100,000 of the $102,000 reward money in Williams' murder case.
(CBS 11 News)
