Brianna Williams, the woman who pleaded guilty in March to second-degree murder in the 2019 death of her 5-year-old daughter Taylor, was sentenced to life in prison on Tuesday.
Before pleading guilty to second-degree murder, Williams faced charges of aggravated child abuse, lying to police, and tampering with evidence in connection. Court documents filed by the State Attorney’s Office accused the mother of torturing, maliciously punishing, or caging her daughter between April and Nov. of 2019.
Eight agencies took part in the initial search and investigation for the missing child, including FBI Jacksonville.“As our community has shown over the past few days, there’s a lot of love for Taylor here. Even those who have never even met her — and we want you to know that we will do anything we can to bring her home,” said Rachel Rojas with the FBI at the time.
During the initial investigation, a neighbor who lived near Taylor and Brianna Williams at a Southside apartment complex told detectives he saw the little girl alone and wandering the complex multiple times. In a, he claimed he first noticed Taylor alone on April 17, 2019. He said he took the child back to her apartment and told her to lock the door. He described the inside of the apartment as cluttered with trash bags and boxes stacked on top of each other.
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