GUILTY MO - James 'J.J.' Willman, 19, Woodson Terrace, 27 Nov 2010

[summer_breeze]

http://www.kmov.com/video?id=117862439&sec=549502

Posted on March 12, 2011 at 6:57 PM
Updated today at 8:47 AM

Woodson Terrace police are investigating after a body was found in a conservation area in north St. Louis county on Saturday, just two miles from where police found missing teen J.J. Willman's abandoned car.

Video at link

 

[MsFacetious]

Investigators tell NewsChannel 5 the body of a young adult white male was was discovered around 9:00 a.m. Saturday in the Columbia Bottoms Conservation area off Columbia Bottoms Road.

http://www.ksdk.com/news/article/249098/3/Body-found-in-North-St-Louis-County-


The family is aware and asks for prayers and time to be alone.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/James-Robert-Willman-III-JJ/171649049522221

 

[MsFacetious]

The family says that the remains have been identified as JJ.

HRD dogs arrived in this area early Saturday and searched a specific area.

(I had wondered why HRD dogs found him, what they were doing out there to begin with.)

Woodson Terrace police were holding a news conference at 4:30 p.m.

http://www.ksdk.com/news/article/249288/3/Family-remains-found-in-North-St-Louis-County-JJ-Willman

 

[summer_breeze]

http://www.fox2now.com/news/ktvi-body-found-jj-williams-31311,0,307056.story

Police Say JJ. WIlliams Was Murdered
By Kim Hudson
FOX2now.com
March 13, 2011

ST. LOUIS, MO (KTVI - FOX2now.com) The body of 19-year-old J.J. Willman has been found in the Columbia Bottoms Conservation area Saturday morning. The young man has been missing from his Woodson Terrace, Missouri home since Thanksgiving weekend 2010.

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Rest in Peace J.J.

 

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

Rest in peace, JJ.

 

[PrayersForMaura]

So sad. I have been following his dad's Facebook page for the last few month's and this is just heartbreaking. RIP, JJ. I hope JJ and is family receive swift justice.

 

[MsFacetious]

Naumann is just one of hundreds that JJ Willman touched.

She says the past three and a half months without her close friend have been very difficult.

Police say now some of those questions are answered, thanks to their ongoing investigation, tips, and even Facebook.

They say they searched some parts of the conservation area before on foot and by helicopter but, Saturday was the first time they brought in dogs.

They say they started searching at 8:30 am and about 45 minutes later they found the remains of a young white male.

Police say they hope to bring the person or people responsible for this to justice and they are confident they will make an arrest in this case.

They say they have persons of interest but, no one is in custody.

http://www.ksdk.com/news/article/249348/3/Friends-and-family-remember-JJ-Willman


Woodson Terrace Police Chief Bob Dowling's voice cracked as he expressed his own disappointment at the search's outcome. "Relieved that we've some closure for the family," he said. "Um, you know, I got kids of my own, and it's hurts." Chief Dowling said J.J's was a "death by homicidal violence".

The chief said he had no other details. He did, however, say there is a person of interest who is not in custody yet.

http://www.fox2now.com/news/ktvi-body-found-jj-williams-31311,0,307056.story

 

[gelfie68]

An arrest has been made!

http://www.ksdk.com/news/article/251973/3/Arrest-made-in-murder-of-JJ-Willman

 

[gelfie68]

More details-

Police have charged 19-year-old Keith Meiners with first-degree murder. Investigators believe Meiners and Willman were at a party together and the two got into a fight over a girl, which ultimately led to Willman's death. Additional details on Willman's murder have not been released.

http://www.ksdk.com/news/article/251973/3/Arrest-made-in-murder-of-JJ-Willman

 

[UdbCrzy2]

According to a probable cause statement, a witness reported seeing Meiners beating Willman.

Woodson Terrace Police Chief Bob Dowling said Meiners and Willman were acquaintances and had been at a house party nearby the night Willman was killed. Dowling said police believe the two had fought over woman. Dowling said Willman was killed "in the vicinity" of where his body was found.

Prosecutors charged Keith M. Meiners, 18, of the 2400 block of Goodale Avenue, with first-degree murder. He is being held without bail at the St. Louis County Jail.

http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/metro/article_cbc37558-5a43-11e0-af5c-0017a4a78c22.html

 

[goldiegirl]

How disgusting. Out of curiosity, did this turn out to be the guy in the convenience store picture? I can't tell.

 

[OkieGranny]

From June 2013:

http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/...cle_2787a694-b746-5efa-9035-f9ad7239871a.html

A young man convicted of brutally beating his friend and leaving him to die in a field was sentenced Monday to 25 years in prison.

A St. Louis County Circuit Court jury in April convicted Keith Meiners, 21, of second-degree murder for the Nov. 27, 2010 death of James Robert “JJ” Willman, 19.

Prosecutors alleged that Meiners, jealous over a girl, lured Willman away from a party that night under false pretenses. They say he beat Willman, of Woodson Terrace, then stepped on his throat until he stopped breathing while singing the rock song, "Ain't No Rest For The Wicked."