Isiah Williams, 77, of Chicago, was sentenced to life without parole for the 1982 murder homicide of an Ann Arbor infant.
Williams was found guilty of one count of first-degree murder, including theories of premeditated and felony murder, by a Washtenaw County jury in connection to the disappearance and presumed death of his then 8-month-old infant daughter Olisa Williams.
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Olisa’s mother appeared at sentencing and read aloud a victim impact statement telling the court that Isiah’s silence was cruelty beyond measure.
The mother said Isiah took Olisa from her arms during a physical altercation on April 29, 1982, in Ohio and transported her to Michigan, where she was last seen alive in the summer of that year.
Olisa was never found and declared deceased by the Washtenaw County Probate County in 2023.
Ann Arbor police requested the department of the attorney general review the case in early 2021, which brought the open murder charge against Isiah in October of 2023.
