GUILTY MI - Jim Matthews WWJ-AM Radio Anchor Murdered in His Home - Others, Including Children, Injured - 23 Sept 2022

[Gardenista]

In a one-on-one interview with 7 Action News, Joe Nicolai, brother of now deceased father and radio anchor Jim Matthews, describes Friday’s nightmarish tragedy on Bayview Drive.

Chesterfield Police were called to the Bayview Drive condo at noon when the 35-yeaer-old mother who lives there with the family escaped the home with stab wounds, cradling her five year old daughter.

Police say when they went into the home they found the mother’s life partner and father to their children, 57-year-old Jim Matthews, dead.

'It’s not even something you’d see in a horror movie,': Chesterfield murder victim’s brother describes tragedy

In a one-on-one interview with 7 Action News, Joe Nicolai, brother of now deceased father and radio anchor Jim Matthews, describes Friday’s nightmarish tragedy on Bayview Drive.

www.wxyz.com

‘Not Even Something You’d See in a Horror Movie’: Gruesome Details Emerge in Attack that Left Michigan News Anchor Dead and His Family Hospitalized

Horrific new details have emerged in the death of a Michigan news anchor who was killed inside of his home last week. The attack, which also left his 10-year-old son in critical condition and his girlfriend and 5-year-old daughter hospitalized, is believed to be an attempted murder-suicide carried out by a man who visited the family.

Jim Matthews, the overnight anchor at Detroit radio station WWJ-AM for nearly seven years, was murdered in his home Friday following a violent “domestic situation,” authorities say.

'Not Even Something You'd See in a Horror Movie': Gruesome Details Emerge in Attack that Left Michigan News Anchor Dead and His Family Hospitalized

New details have emerged in the horrific home attack that left a Michigan news anchor dead, his girlfriend stabbed, and his son in critical condition.

lawandcrime.com

 

[Gardenista]

 

[fred&edna]

Strange case.

 

[MajorHoople]

Suspected killer of Michigan newsman visited his house weekly

Arthur Williamson, who was charged with killing Michigan overnight news anchor Jim Matthews reportedly visited the victim's home and his girlfriend four times a week as the newscaster slept.

www.dailymail.co.uk

"The man charged with killing Michigan overnight news anchor Jim Matthews, 57, visited the victim's girlfriend up to four times a week while the newscaster slept after his night shifts, neighbors say.

Arthur Williamson, 55, was charged with the murder of Matthews after he allegedly beat him to death on Friday before stabbing Matthews' girlfriend and injuring his son, 10, and daughter, 5.

State records indicate Williamson had a lengthy criminal history dating back 30 years with convictions on charges of kidnapping and assault among others.

While the relationship between Williamson and Matthews, who worked for WWJ NewsRadio 950, remains unclear, neighbors said the man is known to visit the household up to four times a week while Matthews slept after returning from his overnight shifts."

 

[YaYa_521]

Suspect in killing of WWJ anchor and attack on his family has 30-year criminal history

Neighbors say Williamson would visit the house as many as four times a week while Jim Matthews, who was an overnight news anchor for 950 WWJ, was sleeping.

www.fox2detroit.com

SBBM
State records show Williamson with a criminal history dating back nearly 30 years. According to data from the Michigan Department of Corrections. He has convictions for:

• Assault.
• Kidnapping.
• Assault with intent to commit murder.
• Illegal weapons possession along with drugs
• Assaulting, resisting, and obstructing a police officer.

 

[Gardenista]

'He Said He Was Going to Kill Jim When He Got Home': New Details of Attack on Michigan News Anchor and His Family Come to Light

Court documents reveal grisly new details in the murder of radio news anchor Jim Matthews, who was allegedly killed by Arthur Levan Williamson.

lawandcrime.com

 

[Tracey4AU]

Clearly there’s a back story here that we aren’t privy to yet. Awful.

 

[MimosaMornings]

I have no words….

 

[LadyL]

Clearly there’s a back story here that we aren’t privy to yet. Awful.

I have no words….

I have plenty of words. Hope it was worth it.

 

[scriabina]

So he went over to the victim's gf's house at 4am, she let him in, they went to talk in her bedroom, they never dated but "they just do drugs together"? Hm.

It's heartbreaking to read that the 10-yr-old boy literally tried to save his father's life and pull the killer off his dad. What a brave boy, and what a horrible trauma he will have to endure the rest of his life. I hope he and his 5-yr-old sister are under the care of kind people who don't do drugs & invite over ex-cons in the middle of the night with hammers and knives.

 

[LadyL]

So he went over to the victim's gf's house at 4am, she let him in, they went to talk in her bedroom, they never dated but "they just do drugs together"? Hm.

It's heartbreaking to read that the 10-yr-old boy literally tried to save his father's life and pull the killer off his dad. What a brave boy, and what a horrible trauma he will have to endure the rest of his life. I hope he and his 5-yr-old sister are under the care of kind people who don't do drugs & invite over ex-cons in the middle of the night with hammers and knives.

let's not forget they decided to do those drugs in her bedroom

 

[JerseyGirl]

Man accused in slaying of former WWJ anchor Jim Matthews to stand trial

Macomb County district judge bound over Arthur Williamson for trial in brutal slaying of former WWJ overnight anchor Jim Matthews, assault on family.

www.freep.com

Williamson is set for arraignment and pretrial in the circuit court March 13.

 

[Gardenista]

Trigger warning before you click the link. What this guy did is pure evil

Judge tells man who killed news anchor in front of family he should've killed himself

Arthur Levan Williamson was castigated by a judge who sentenced the convicted killer to life in prison and suggested he should've just killed himself rather than go on the November rampage.

lawandcrime.com

 

[Mert]

I don’t even know what to say after reading that. Those poor children.
* My opinion.

 

[Mert]

*duplicate post

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

'Embodiment of evil': Pontiac man sentenced to life in prison for killing WWJ anchor

Macomb Circuit Judge James Biernat had harsh words for Arthur Williamson before he was sentenced for murdering Jim Matthews and attacking his family.

www.detroitnews.com

Before a Macomb County judge on Thursday sentenced a Pontiac man to life in prison for killing a WWJ news anchor and assaulting his family, prosecutors made him watch a video of police rescuing the 10-year-old boy he had tied up and hit with a hammer.

The video showed the officers finding WWJ anchor Jim Matthews’ body on the ground in his Chesterfield Township home and their desperation to find Matthews’ son, who they knew was in the house somewhere...

Pontiac man gets life in prison for murder of WWJ radio anchor at his Macomb County home

The Pontiac man convicted of murder, assault and more in the violent attack that killed a WWJ-AM radio news anchor and hurt his girlfriend and children last year has been sentenced to life in prison.

www.clickondetroit.com

CHESTERFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. – The Pontiac man convicted of murder, assault and more in the violent attack that killed a WWJ-AM radio news anchor and hurt his girlfriend and children last year has been sentenced to life in prison.

A Macomb County judge on Thursday, June 1, sentenced Arthur Williamson to life in prison without parole for the murder of Jim Nicolai, who went by “Jim Matthews,” and the assault of Nicolai’s girlfriend and children. Nicolai was working as an overnight news anchor for WWJ 950 at the time of the attack...