Mystery as police find bloody butcher knife and gas can in room with burned body
MYSTERY surrounds a man's death after a bloody butcher knife and gas can were found near his body inside an apartment.
Emergency crews responded to west Phoenix on April 2 and discovered a fire at the premises that 32-year-old Ishmael Williams was apparently attempting to put out.
Once the flames were extinguished, an unidentified 33-year-old male was found inside the apartment “with obvious signs of trauma.”
Court documents say the victim had a large cut to his neck and may have been set on fire.
Williams, who lived with the victim, told police that the two of them were arguing about rent and how dirty the apartment was.
Williams said that he went to his bedroom and shut the door. He said he then heard loud noises from his roommate’s bedroom and tried to open the door but it was locked.
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“Ishmael forced entry into the bedroom,” court documents said.
“As the door was opened, Ishmael stated the victim was standing inside the room engulfed in flames.”
The man told police he ran outside to get help before going to the kitchen to fill a bucket of water and pouring it on his roommate to stop the fire.
“Ismael [sic] told investigators he did not touch the victim, however, blood [was] discovered on his hands, calves, feet. Blood spatter was found on a pair of basketball shorts Ishmael was wearing,” the court docs said.
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A bloody butcher knife was found in the victim’s bedroom, said police, along with a can of gas.
Williams denies all the allegations against him in connection with the death investigation.
“Evidence at the scene, as well as interviews conducted, led detectives to arrest Mr Williams,” said Phoenix Police Sgt Vincent Cole.
Williams is accused of homicide. He was booked into jail and is being held on a $1million bond.
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