Dorothy Williams.

About Dorothy Williams

Dorothy Williams was an American serial killer who killed three elderly people during robberies in Illinois between 1987 and 1990. A drug addict, Williams used the money she stole during the robberies to buy heroin. She also robbed five other elderly people. Initially sentenced to death, her death sentence was commuted to life in prison without parole in 2003 when everyone on death row in Illinois had their sentences commuted by Governor George Ryan over his growing concerns with capital punishment in the state. Williams died in custody on December 19, 2020, at the age of 66, one week after her birthday. She had been serving her sentence at Logan Correctional Center.