WARNING, DISTRESSING CONTENT: Jeremy Tremaine Williams was executed following the rape and murder of five-year-old Kamarie Holland after her own mum sold her for £960
Sicko killer Jeremy Williams smiled and appeared to sing himself to death on a lethal injection gurney as a weeping woman wearing a “Mama loves you” T-shirt looked on.
The 41-year-old monster was executed in Alabama for the horrific rape and murder of five-year-old Kamarie Holland, whose own mother sold her to the rapist killer for £960 for an hour of abuse. Williams was pronounced dead at 6.16pm local time on August 13 at the William C. Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore, marking the state’s first execution of 2026.
Following the execution, Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey said: “There are few words to adequately describe the depth and depravity of Jeremy Williams’ evil act. The unspeakable nature of this crime is exactly why we have the death penalty statute in the state of Alabama. Kamarie Holland is an innocent girl who is no longer with us, but she finally received justice tonight. May God bless little Kamarie Holland.”
Chilling final moments
The execution chamber drapes were drawn back at 5.53pm, revealing Williams strapped cruciform by his arms and chest to the gurney with black straps, clad in a tan uniform and tightly covered in a white sheet with an IV line running into his left arm.
After Warden Terry Raybon read the legal authorisation at 5.56pm, Williams spoke his last words: “I want to thank God for forgiving me for my sins so I can meet him in peace. Good night.”
Moments later, at 5.58pm, Williams began moving his head side to side. By 5.59pm, he appeared to be talking or singing to himself behind the glass viewing chamber, wearing a smile.
At 6.00pm, a slight hiccup-like bodily convulsion shook his frame, and his eyes shut permanently. Prison officials performed two consciousness checks – brushing a finger beneath his eyelashes, pinching his arm, and calling out “Mr. Williams” – receiving no verbal response as his breathing slowed, drool collected at the corner of his mouth and he finally stopped breathing.
Among his three personal witnesses was a woman in a blue T-shirt reading “Mama loves you,” who sobbed throughout the entire process. In his final 24 hours, Williams was visited by eight relatives, including his wife and parents, and enjoyed a lunch of Philly cheesesteak, cheddar cheese chips, M&Ms, and Dr. Pepper, before requesting cheese pizza for his last meal.
Unspeakable evil
Little Kamarie was reported missing by her grandmother early on December 13, 2021, in Columbus, Georgia. Hours later, officers discovered her body hidden beneath a tarp in the basement of a vacant duplex in Phenix City.
Williams had forced the helpless child to smoke meth and watch pornography before beating, sexually abusing, strangling her to death, and abusing her corpse. The evil killer filmed the entire attack on his mobile phone, later describing his actions in court records as “very rageful and sexually driven”.
In April 2024, a jury convicted Williams of sodomy, child sexual abuse, human trafficking, conspiracy, producing obscene material, and abuse of a corpse. In 2025, Williams waived all appeals and demanded an expedited execution.
Kelly Siple, Kamarie’s mum, is serving a 20-year prison sentence after confessing to the human sex trafficking of her daughter.
‘That baby didn’t die in peace’
Prosecutors and law enforcement who brought Williams to justice spoke of their relief outside the prison, while condemning his final words.
Russell County Assistant District Attorney Malory Hatfield admitted: “I’m still processing. I’m not even thinking. I never thought I would see this done in my life, never in my career, to be honest. This moved so fast, and I’m still processing that.”
Russell County District Attorney Rick Chancey wiped away tears, saying: “Kamarie didn’t have a chance for that statement. Kamarie’s last seconds were horrific. That baby didn’t die in peace. She didn’t get to close her eyes and say, ‘I can meet my maker in peace tonight.’ That baby was brutally killed. I’m glad he got peace, because that baby didn’t. That [peace] is what I want for that little girl.”
Chancey added that “it’ll take me dying to get over what I’ve seen [in prosecuting Holland’s case]. Maybe one day I can get peace after what I’ve seen.”
Sheriff Heath Taylor called the case the worst in his 39-year career, noting: “I have a lot of investigators that are facing trauma mentally from the things they had to go through and see in this case. Law enforcement has historically had to see the results of crime. And in this case, we watched it, because he videoed the whole thing. Totally different dynamic than we are typically accustomed to.”
Hatfield added: “Too many of our children victims go without justice, because adults aren’t willing to listen to what children have to say. They don’t think they’re telling the truth. This is just one we happened to catch on video. I’m glad we got some justice for her and her family.”
Addressing Williams’ claim of divine forgiveness, Hatfield stated: “I was raised in a God-fearing household and taught to believe that the blood of Christ conquers all things. I don’t know how that works in this case, but I’ll leave that judgment to God.”
Sheriff Taylor paid tribute to the tragic five-year-old: “During this whole investigation, everyone we talked to… this little girl lived for five years. And in that five years, it wasn’t great. She had a tough time her whole life with her parents being divorced, and the circumstances she lived in.
“But not one single person ever said she didn’t have a smile on her face. She was always happy. She always brought joy in every single room that she was in, no matter what she was dealing with personally. And that in and of itself. The whole time we were investigating this case, that was a forethought for my investigators.”
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