He put a jacket over his blood-soaked shirt and headed to pick up his girlfriend, Laura Asaro, after the killing. Asaro would later recall asking Williams why he was wearing a jacket in August.

Cole claimed that another individual, Laura Asaro, could corroborate the story. But there were four problems with this. A QUESTIONABLE PROSECUTION ...

Asaro had had a brief relationship with Williams at some point and had a score to settle. Secondly, the confession that was made by Cole contained information that was already in the public domain.

Marcellus Williams was sentenced to death in 2001 for killing Felicia Gayle, a former newspaper reporter found stabbed to death in her home in St Louis, Missouri. The 55-year-old's lawyers, Ms ...

The prosecution relied heavily on statements made by Asaro and Cole in the initial trial. There was also, according to an application to the Supreme Court penned by lawyers on both sides, evidence ...

Based on a review of the evidence and additional investigation, the Prosecuting Attorney has concluded that: (1) new evidence suggests that Mr. Williams is actually innocent; (2) Mr. Williams’s trial ...

The information he provided was information that was essentially out in the public sphere from the newspaper, but he also provided information about another informant, a woman named Laura Asaro ...

The jailhouse informant Henry Cole directed police to Laura Asaro, a woman who briefly dated Williams and had an extensive criminal history. The two witnesses helped police secure the state’s ...

Asaro, who was known as a sex worker also addicted to drugs, testified that Williams admitted he killed Gayle. Williams was convicted and sentenced to death.

Williams’ former girlfriend, Laura Asaro, also claimed he had confessed to the murder and directed police to the car she said Williams had driven the day of the crime.