Church Schoolteacher Confesses to Rape and Killing of Girl, 13
A church Sunday school teacher charged in the rape and baseball bat murder of a 13-year-old girl confessed the killing in a taped interview with police.
“I murdered her. I raped her, I strangled her and I bludgeoned her,” Scott Martin Williams told Novato detectives during a tearful admission Wednesday night, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.
Police said Williams, 29, a volunteer teacher and groundskeeper at Bethel Baptist Church, made several statements containing facts about the April 13 killing of Jennifer Moore of Novato that were not known to the general public.
Novato Police Chief Charles Brobeck and Marin County Dist. Atty. Jerry Herman confirmed that Williams had confessed after the Chronicle story appeared.
If convicted, Williams could face the death penalty because of special circumstances. Specifically, he was charged with committing the murder during a rape or attempted rape and during lewd and lascivious conduct with a person under 14.
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