In 1997, Williams was arrested and charged with sexually assaulting and killing Gretta-Morgan’s 20-month-old daughter Quortney. He was eventually sentenced to 48 years in prison, but was released Thursday, the anniversary of Quortney’s death.
According to the McHenry County Sheriff s Office, Williams was released Thursday and is registered as a sexual predator with the sheriff s office, with an address in unincorporated Crystal Lake.
Officials say they have proactively verified all of Williams information.
“I understand the resident’s concerns with Williams’ release into our community. I want to reassure the residents that we proactively and continually verify all of our registered sexual offender’s information to ensure that they comply with the Illinois Sexual Offender Registration Act.”, Sheriff Bill Prim said.
Cayce Williams walked out of the state prison Thursday morning, but managed to evade the cameras.
Jesse Kley drove from Missouri to be outside the prison when his daughter s killer was released. Williams, 47, served 24 years for the murder and sexual assault of 20-month-old Quortney Kley in 1997. We wanted the death penalty to begin with, said Kley. Instead, Williams pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 48 years, but served only half of that. The Truth in Sentencing law would have kept Williams in prison much longer, but it was struck down before later being reinstated. We knew nothing about Truth in Sentencing. We assumed he would do 100% for the murder, said Kley.
CHICAGO (WLS) A heartbroken mother is questioning why the man who killed her 20-month-old daughter is about to become a free man.
Margaret Gretta Morgan said her 20-month-old daughter Quortney Kley was just learning to speak and develop her personality when she was murdered and sexually assaulted by her then live-in boyfriend on February 25, 1997.
Twenty-four years to the day, Cayce Williams is scheduled to be released from the state prison in Dixon for the crime after serving half of his 48-year sentence. The thought of him being out and being able to potentially do something like this again is, you know, very scary, Morgan said.
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In 1997, Williams was arrested and charged with sexually assaulting and killing Gretta-Morgan’s 20-month-old daughter Quortney. He was eventually sentenced to 48 years in prison, but will be released on what is the anniversary of Quortney’s death.
“Here they are, taking someone who has shown that he can sexually assault and murder a 20-month-old child – we are talking about a child that has no way to protect herself – but they can take him and put him right back out in society,” Gretta-Morgan said.
Attorney Sarah Toney says that a legal problem in sentencing laws, dating back to the 1990’s, are behind the man’s release from prison.