Killer Dads: Fathers who ended their children's lives in situations involving child custody, visitation, and/or child support
HAWAII
Honolulu County
*Father: NAEEM WILLIAMS
Victim(s): Talia Williams (5 years)
Date of Death: 2005
Custodial father still facing charges in daughter's beating death. Had gained custody just 7 months before murder. Trial was supposed to begin in January 2012, but there have been endless delays. Father finally found guilty of murder in April 2014. In July 2014, it was announced that father would be spared the death penalty.
Maui County
Father: KYLE MCKOWN
Victim(s): Zion McKeown (4 years)
Date of Death: May 2012
Father, girlfriend charged with 2nd-degree murder. No media update found as of November 2014.