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Williams and victim Darryl Whitfield bowled together at Whitestone Lanes the night of the murder.
By Forum Staff
Charles Williams, who was arrested in March in Sacramento, Calif. by NYPD detectives for a 2018 murder, was finally extradited from California to Queens and charged with the crime last month, Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz recently announced.
Williams, 35, was arraigned on a four-count indictment charging him with murder in the second degree, two counts of criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, and tampering with physical evidence. Williams was remanded and ordered to return to court on Aug. 2.
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“The defendant traveled thousands of miles to elude capture but is now in custody facing justice for his alleged crime,” DA Katz said.
According to the charges, on Sept. 30, 2018, Williams was observed on video surveillance bowling with the victim, Darryl Whitfield, 27, at Whitestone Lanes. Whitfield and the defendant left the bowling alley together in a gray BMW around 4 a.m. Surveillance cameras tracked the BMW to an area gas station and later to an AutoZone parking lot where Whitfield’s dead body was later found, with a single gunshot wound to his head, by an employee.
Williams allegedly hid the revolver used in this homicide inside the garage of a Queens residence which was recovered the following day with a single round missing.
DNA testing of the firearm was matched to Williams, Katz noted.
“What began as a night of bowling turned to deadly crime after the defendant allegedly murdered the victim and abandoned his body in a parking lot,” the DA added. “The defendant traveled thousands of miles to elude capture but is now in custody facing justice for his alleged crime.”
If convicted, Williams faces up to 25 years to life in prison.
