Steven Williams will be charged with Tricia Todd’s murder today in accordance with a plea deal was set up. Tricia Todd’s ex-husband confessed to murdering her.
Williams lead authorities to her body in exchange for 35-years in prison. But nobody expected what they would find.
Authorities say that Steven Williams lured Todd to his house the night she disappeared, where he killed her, cut her into pieces with a chainsaw, and then used barrels full of acid to get rid of her body.
The Martin County Sheriff’s Office used sonar imaging detecting what they’re calling “anomalies” at the bottom of the canal in Hungryland Preserve, just a few feet from where Williams buried Todd’s partial remains.
Diving in the murky, alligator infesting water they found pieces of chain saw and a battery operated handsaw. The also found nine human teeth that they believe belonged to Tricia Todd. Hair was also found on the tools and will be tested for DNA.
According to Lt. Mike Dougherty the accused Steven Williams had the acid before he came down from North Carolina to commit the crime in April. Williams ordered the chainsaws on Amazon.
Williams went to court in June but the case was continued until today.