Felon accused of killing 65-year-old North Palm Springs woman re-enters not guilty plea
A felon accused of killing a 65-year-old North Palm Springs woman to death with a machete days after being released from state prison re-entered a not guilty plea today.
David Earl Williams Jr., 29, was ordered to return to the Larson Justice Center in Indio on May 17 for a trial-readiness conference. He remains held on $2 million bail at the Robert Presley Detention Center in Riverside.
Williams is charged with murder for the killing Robin Patricia Barr, whose body was recovered on Feb. 24 in the open desert northwest of Varner Road and Palm Drive.
A man accused of killing a North Palm Springs woman with a machete, who is also accused of trying to kill another person, has racked up more than 10 convictions in Riverside County. He was most recently sentenced last March to more than two years in prison.
Publicly available sentencing documents for David Earl Williams, Jr. s 2020 conviction for evading arrest and vehicle theft indicate he should have been behind bars until at least June
2021.
But, exactly when Williams, 29, was released from custody, and by which agency, is not clear as multiple law enforcement agencies have declined to provide that information to The Desert Sun.
Man accused of killing 65-year-old North Palm Springs woman pleads not guilty
A felon accused of killing a 65-year-old North Palm Springs woman with a machete pleaded not guilty today to murder and other charges.
David Earl Williams Jr., 29, is charged with killing Robin Patricia Barr, whose body was recovered early
Wednesday morning in the open desert northwest of Varner Road and Palm Drive.
Williams was arraigned at the Banning Justice Center before Riverside County Superior Court Judge Alfonso Fernandez, who set the defendant s bail at $2 million and scheduled a felony settlement conference for March 8 at the Larson Justice Center in Indio.
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