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Smiling man seen knocking door-to-door seeking work, allegedly, killed, decapitated Indiana woman, 67, in her apartment – Brian Williams, 36, is charged after missing body parts are discovered in suitcase at his home

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;3a3333"><strong>Ex-con <strong>Brian Williams&comma; 36&comma; has been charged with murder&comma; arson and misdemeanor theft in connection with the death of 67-year-old Melody Gambetty <&sol;strong> &colon; <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;3a3333"><strong>Firefighters found her decapitated body while putting out a fire at her burning apartment in Clarksville&comma; a town of 22&comma;000 in Clark County&comma; Indiana<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;3a3333"><strong><strong>S<strong>urveillance cameras<&sol;strong> footage and <&sol;strong>i<strong>nformation from neighbors led investigators to the suspect&comma; recent ex-con Brian Montez Williams<&sol;strong> <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;3a3333"><strong>Cops allegedly found Gambetty&&num;8217&semi;s head in a suitcase and &&num;8216&semi;human digits&&num;8217&semi;&comma; such as fingers and toes&comma; inside a plastic container at Williams&&num;8217&semi; home <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;3a3333"><strong>Police said they do not believe Williams knew Gambetty and that the murder might have happened as the result of burglary attempt or home invasion <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;3a3333"><strong>Williams is being held in the Clark County Jail without bond&comma; his next court appearance is on Sept&period; 1&comma; with trial to start Jan 18&comma; 2022<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;07&sol;Brian-Williamsleft-and-Melody-Gambetty-right-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-385779"&sol;><figcaption><strong>Brian Montez Williams&comma; &lbrack;left&rsqb;&comma; 36&comma; has been charged with murder&comma; arson and misdemeanor theft for the death of&nbsp&semi;67-year-old Melody Gambetty &lbrack;right&rsqb;<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">A southern Indiana man has been charged with murder after firefighters found a woman&&num;8217&semi;s decapitated&comma; mutilated body inside her burning apartment in Clarksville&comma; a town of 22&comma;000 in Clark County&comma; Indiana&comma; located along the Ohio River just north of Louisville&period;<br>Later&comma; cops allegedly found her head in a suitcase and &&num;8216&semi;human digits&&num;8217&semi; &&num;8211&semi; such as fingers and toes &&num;8211&semi; inside a plastic container at the home of suspect Brian Williams&comma; according to a probable cause affidavit obtained by&nbsp&semi;<a rel&equals;"noreferrer noopener" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;wdrb&period;com&sol;news&sol;man-charged-with-murder-after-clarksville-woman-found-decapitated-in-burning-apartment&sol;article&lowbar;f7c7ef1c-efb1-11eb-9fdb-971d048be64a&period;html">WDRB<&sol;a>&period; <br>Brian Montez Williams was arrested just mere hours after the attack&period;<br>Williams&comma; 36&comma; has been charged with murder&comma; arson and misdemeanor theft in connection with the death of 67-year-old Melody Gambetty&period; <br>Police do not believe Williams knew Gambetty and that the murder might have happened as the result of burglary attempt or home invasion&period; He was ordered to be held without bond on Wednesday during his initial hearing in Clark County Circuit Court&comma; during which a not guilty plea was entered on his behalf&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;07&sol;Brian-Williams-2&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-385781" width&equals;"835" height&equals;"582"&sol;><figcaption><strong>Firefighters found Melody Gambetty&&num;8217&semi;s decapitated body in her home while putting out a fire there&period;&nbsp&semi;S<strong>urveillance cameras<&sol;strong> footage and <&sol;strong>i<strong>nformation from neighbors led investigators to the suspect&comma; recent ex-con Brian Williams&comma; seen &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; entering a hearing in Clark County Circuit Court on Wednesday<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Investigators said a fire crew responding Tuesday morning to a fire at Gambetty&&num;8217&semi;s apartment at a Clarksville apartment complex entered and found her body on the floor&period;<br>She had been decapitated and other body parts had been removed&period;<br>Clarksville Police Major Joe Demoss said during a news conference on Wednesday that Williams was quickly nailed down as a suspect after cops canvassed the area and retrieved surveillance video from nearby residents showing him with a suitcase&period;<br>Williams had also allegedly been knocking on doors in the neighborhood to ask people for community service work&period;<br>Surveillance footage shows Williams entering the complex at 12&period;42pm&comma; according to the probable cause affidavit&period; <br>He then leaves carrying two suitcases to the victim&&num;8217&semi;s car at 3&period;51pm&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;07&sol;Brian-Williams-3&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-385782" width&equals;"836" height&equals;"551"&sol;><figcaption><strong>Police said they do not believe Williams knew Gambetty and that the murder might have happened as the result of burglary attempt or home invasion<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Investigators executed a warrant against&nbsp&semi;Williams&&num;8217&semi; home&period; Inside they found the missing body parts&comma; as well as&nbsp&semi;Gambetty&&num;8217&semi;s identification card&comma; credit and debit cards&comma; the court records show&period; <br>&&num;8216&semi;Located inside one of the victim&&num;8217&semi;s suitcases was a human cranium&comma; with full facial tissue to include hair attached&comma;&&num;8217&semi; the affidavit reads&period;&nbsp&semi; <br> Cops also found a small&comma; bloody handsaw in one of the suitcases&comma; KDRB reported&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<iframe width&equals;"560" height&equals;"315" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;embed&sol;-O&lowbar;Xokgm3JQ" title&equals;"YouTube video player" frameborder&equals;"0" allow&equals;"accelerometer&semi; autoplay&semi; clipboard-write&semi; encrypted-media&semi; gyroscope&semi; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen&equals;""><&sol;iframe>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">&&num;8216&semi;I had a conversation with her son this morning on the way to work and tried to explain to him what happened before it was in the media&comma; but these cases are hard&comma;&&num;8217&semi; Demoss told the outlet&period; Adding&comma; &&num;8216&semi;Yesterday&&num;8217&semi;s crime scene in my 23 years is one of the most horrific we&&num;8217&semi;ve been involved in&period;&&num;8217&semi;&nbsp&semi; <br>Clarksville Police Chief Mark Palmer said that in his 32 years as a police officer&comma; he had &&num;8216&semi;never seen anything like this&period;&&num;8217&semi; An autopsy will determine Gambetty&&num;8217&semi;s official cause of death&comma; but police said she appears to have stab wounds&period; Investigators believe Gambetty was killed Monday and that Williams returned to her apartment on Tuesday and started a fire to cover evidence&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;07&sol;Cops-and-firemen-at-Brian-Williams-home-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"This image has an empty alt attribute&semi; its file name is Cops-and-firemen-at-Brian-Williams-home-1&period;jpg" width&equals;"844" height&equals;"548"&sol;><figcaption><strong>Clarksville Fire crews were called early Tuesday to the 400 block of Kensington Drive&period; When the fire was out&comma; they found the homeowner&&num;8217&semi;s decapitated body on the floor&period; Executing a search warrant investigators allegedly found Melody Gambetty&&num;8217&semi;s head in a suitcase and &&num;8216&semi;human digits&&num;8217&semi;&comma; such as fingers and toes&comma; inside a plastic container at the suspect&&num;8217&semi;s home<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Witnesses at the apartment complex reported that a young&comma; suspicious but polite man was going door-to-door Monday attempting to solicit &&num;8216&semi;community service work&&num;8217&semi;&comma; according to court records&period; <br>Prosecutor Jeremy Mull said Gambetty suffered &&num;8216&semi;a violent death&&num;8217&semi;&period; &&num;8216&semi;It was a gruesome crime scene and it&&num;8217&semi;s very important to me as the prosecutor that the perpetrator be held responsible&comma;&&num;8217&semi; he said&period; <br>Mull said he was not certain if he would pursue the death penalty&period;&nbsp&semi;&nbsp&semi;<br>In court&comma; Williams&&num;8217&semi; attorney pushed for him to be released from jail under supervision&comma; but the judge decided to take the prosecutor&&num;8217&semi;s recommendation of holding Williams in the Clark County Jail without bond&period; <br>In court&comma; he was calm and answered the judge&&num;8217&semi;s questions&period; Williams said he is not employed and doesn&&num;8217&semi;t own any property or having any savings&period; When the judge asked him if he understood the charges against him&comma; he said&comma; &&num;8220&semi;I completely understand&period;&&num;8221&semi; He also said he has family and friends who will hire a defense attorney for him&period;<br>His next court date is on Sept&period; 1&comma; with his trial scheduled for January 18th&comma; 2022&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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