Howard Hawk Willis’ trial and conviction for murdering a teenage couple from Georgia was without error and nothing in the record warrants a new trial, according to the presiding judge who issued a 20-page order this week.
Willis, 61, is on death row at Riverbend M a x i m u m S e c u r i t y prison for the deaths of Adam and S a m a n t h a Chrismer. The couple, ages 17 and 16, respectively, were both shot to death in October 2002.
Their bodies were discovered inside plastic tubs in a rented warehouse unit in downtown Johnson City after the investigation began. Police started the investigation after a fisherman found Adam Chrismer’s head floating in Boone Lake near Winged Deer Park.
Read the expanded version of this report at Johnson City Press Web site.