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William Ernest Downs Jr.
Status
Identification Status	Identified
Criminal Status	Executed
Personal Information
Full Name	William Ernest Downs Jr.
Birth Name	William Ernest Downs Jr.
Born	July 12, 1967 Augusta, Georgia, USA
Died	July 14, 2007 (aged 40) Broad River Correctional Institution, South Carolina, USA
Cause of Death	Execution by lethal injection
Gender	Male
Race/Ethnicity	White
Criminal Information
Offender Type	Suspected Serial Killer
Motivation Type	Hedonistic
Organized Type	Disorganized
Method of Killing	Strangulation
Criminal penalty	Death
Country	United States
States	Georgia South Carolina
Date apprehended	April 26, 1999

Victims

Confirmed victims

Name	Age	Disappeared	Body Found	Cause of Death
James Mitchell Porter	10	May 14, 1991	May 17, 1991	Strangulation
Keenan Andre O'Mailia	6	April 17, 1999	April 18, 1999	Strangulation

Suspected victims

Name	Age	Disappeared	Body Found	Cause of Death
Unknown	8	1991	1991	Strangulation

Links

• Murder of Keenan O'Mailia at Wikipedia