Indictments and Confessions in the Megan Williams Case
What had started out as a trashy love affair between Bobby Brewster and Megan Williams had degraded to an abusive relationship followed by coordinated torture by Brewster, his family, and his friends over last summer. I have written previously about the case here and here.
The bizarre West Virginia Torture Case of Megan Williams took a turn this week when two defendants pleaded guilty to kidnapping and torture and indictments were handed up against five others.
From The Charleston Daily Mail here by way of Trench.
Two suspects have admitted their roles in the alleged kidnapping and torture of a young black woman and five others have been indicted, including one defendant charged with a hate crime.
Police say 20-year-old Megan Williams was held captive for days at a trailer in Big Creek, where she was forced to eat animal droppings and was sexually assaulted and stabbed.
A Logan County grand jury handed up indictments Tuesday charging Bobby Brewster, 24; his mother, Frankie Brewster, 49, of Big Creek; Danny Combs, 20, of Harts; Karen Burton, 46, of Chapmanville; and her son, Linnie Burton Jr., in the case.
Two other defendants — Karen Burton’s daughter, 23-year-old Alisha Burton, and 27-year-old George A. Messer — each pleaded guilty Friday to one count of kidnapping and one count of assault during the commission of a felony. Messer and Alisha Burton, both of Chapmanville, were each sentenced to concurrent prison terms of 10 years on the kidnapping charge and 2 to 10 years on the assault charge.
Bobby Brewster was indicted on charges of kidnapping, malicious assault, second-degree sexual assault, assault during the commission of a felony and conspiracy. The grand jury charged Frankie Brewster with kidnapping, first-degree sexual assault and conspiracy. Danny Combs was charged with kidnapping, first-degree sexual assault and conspiracy.
Karen Burton is the only defendant charged with a hate crime. She also was indicted on kidnapping and malicious wounding charges. Burton used the word Nigger as she stabbed Williams in the ankle.
