Two Sisters, living in west Knoxville, loved going to the bar to enjoy a few drinks, would be murdered in their home, just days after Christmas, in 1987. 37 years later the case is still unsolved.
Suzanna and Patricia Williams (40 & 37) lived together in the Statesview (now Mountain View) apartment complex together. Both women had a muscular disease and wore braces. Patricia was a very outgoing woman with courage to talk to men at the bar the sisters frequented. While Suzanna disapproved of this, Patricia never seemed to mind what her sister thought, she would bring home different men each time she went to Doodles (now Makino Japanese Buffett).
However, witnesses say that this night was different. Patricia was approached by a man and eventually left with him. He was described as being well groomed and wearing fresh pressed clothing. He was white, 6 feet to 6 feet 2 inches, late 20s to early 30s with brown hair, beard and mustache. He was wearing cowboy boots, jeans, a tan down-filled vest and a topcoat that he put on as he left the bar.
Later the women's parents would discover their bodies in the apartment. Around 8:30pm, Patricia and Suzanna's parents visited the apartment to check on the women, as they did often, since they lived in the same area.
Suzanna was found on her bed, naked with her hands and feet bound. Investigators said she had been raped, whether DNA was taken, is unclear. Suzanna was strangled to death with a window cord.
Patricia was found on the floor of her room, bound, gagged and strangled with a shoelace. No sexual assault was found.
The apartment showed no signs of forced entry, leading investigators to believe that one or both of the sisters may have known their killer. Investigators believe it was possibly more than one attacker.
The sister's microwave, TV and Suzanna's car were stolen but later that week all items were found six miles away abandoned.
As of Today, some of the lead suspects in the case are dead and the sister have no remaining close family alive.
sketch of the man last seen with Patricia at Doodles.
Suzanna Williams
Patricia Williams
Mountain View Apartments Formally Statesview where the sisters lived in apartment 91.
Makino Japanese buffet, formally Doodles sports bar.
Suzanna's Stolen Car
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Appalachian Unsolved: 30 years later, who strangled the sisters? | wbir.com
Murder of sisters, Suzanne and Patricia Williams, in Knox County nears 36th anniversary
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