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According to a probable cause statement filed in the case by
the state Highway Patrol, Brian Williams, 25, of Sparta,
Missouri, confessed to committing the crime after driving to the
victims' trailer home in Ozark before dawn and pushing open the
front door as the victims slept.
Williams told investigators that he crept inside gripping a
pistol in both hands and wearing a headlamp to see in the
darkness, then fatally shot Casey Maples and James Marsh in one
bedroom, and Christina Winden in another. Police said Maples,
26, was seven or eight weeks pregnant.
The unborn child was the fourth victim.
Williams told investigators that after the shootings he
retrieved some property that belonged to his girlfriend, and
left, according to the probable cause statement. Police did not
offer any possible motive for the killings or explain precisely
how Williams knew his victims.
The probable cause statement said Williams expressed no regret
for the killings but told investigators he wished that a fourth
person had been at the mobile home as he had expected so that he
could have killed him, too.
(Editing by Steve Gorman and Nick Macfie)
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