Alabama Inmate Jeremy Williams Executed for 2021 Child Murder

Key Points:

• Jeremy Williams was executed by lethal injection on August 13, 2026, for the 2021 capital murder of 5-year-old Kamarie Holland, after Governor Kay Ivey declined to grant clemency and directed the execution to proceed.
• Williams had paid Kamarie’s mother $2,500 to sexually abuse the child, subjected her to methamphetamine and prolonged sexual abuse, including rape, before strangling her; the crime was recorded on his cell phone.
• Governor Ivey and Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall condemned Williams’ actions as among the most atrocious crimes against a child, emphasizing the justice served and the protection of future victims.
• Williams had a series of violent crimes against children, including killing his infant daughter and sexually abusing other minors, and requested the execution be scheduled and carried out.
• In the days leading up to the execution, Williams had multiple visitors and meals, with his final meal being a cheese pizza, as reported by the Alabama Department of Corrections.