A father goes hunting in a Florida lake and vanishes. Many thought he was eaten by alligators, but not his mother -- 17 years later, stunning courtroom revelations
This story previously aired on June 20, 2020. It was updated on Aug. 3, 2024.Produced by Josh Gelman and Jaime HellmanMike Williams, a successful 31-year-old real estate appraiser, left home to go duck hunting on Lake Seminole in Florida on Dec. 16, 2000. His wife Denise said he set out early and promised to be back by noon so they could celebrate their sixth wedding anniversary that evening. When he didn't return home, Denise started calling around looking for him.
Fifteen years ago he walked in and told that you he had done something. Didn't he?DENISE WILLIAMS: No.DET. I went and met Mike at a gas station…. I followed him to the lake ... We launched the boat. It was just like a hunting trip was supposed to be.Winchester had cut a deal with prosecutors. In exchange for his confession, he would not be charged with murder, even though he admitted killing his best friend:
I backed my Suburban down to the edge of the lake and put his body in the back and pushed his boat back out into the water.Brian says he left Mike's truck and trailer at Lake Seminole to make Mike's disappearance look like an accident. But actually, Mike's body was nowhere near Lake Seminole. He was 60 miles away at Carr Lake, a remote marshy area just 10 minutes from Winchester's home. Brian led investigators here to the spot where he buried Mike in 2000.
Her story that she needed to believe … was the story that we created for her, which was that she was at home with her baby, Mike went hunting and she has no idea what happened.Denise was denied bail and is currently awaiting trial in county jail. Ethan Way: She didn't do it. She had nothin' to do with it. She's completely innocent.Defense attorney Ethan Way is representing Denise. Richard Schlesinger: Did she know about it?Ethan Way: No. Not before. Not during. Not after.
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