James Anthony Williams, 48
Cops: Murder suspect confessed to killing
By BRAD WONG, P-I REPORTER
January 26, 2008
A King County judge found probable cause to detain the man Seattle police have linked to the New Year's Eve stabbing death of Shannon Harps on Capitol Hill.
Judge Eileen Kato did not set bail at the hearing Saturday, but prosecutors expect to ask that he be held in lieu of $1 million.
The suspect, James Anthony Williams, 48, who was not present at the hearing Saturday, apparently confessed to killing Harps in an interview with police investigators, said King County deputy prosecutor Scott O'Toole.
First-degree murder charges are expected to be filed Tuesday in the case.
O'Toole called Williams "a troubled man," and told reporters after the hearing that the suspect would be competent to stand trial.
Williams, of Seattle, is a felon who has been diagnosed with schizophrenia by doctors in Texas and Arkansas.
Seattle Deputy Police Chief Clark Kimerer announced Friday that the State Patrol Crime Lab had matched the suspect's DNA to evidence found at the crime scene in the 1500 block of East Howell Street.
While police have not publicly talked about the specific DNA evidence against the man, sources told KOMO/4 that there was evidence on the knife he apparently used and under her fingernails.
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