Carson City kidnapper faces sentencing March 24
Submitted by Kelsey Penrose on Thu, 03/17/2022 - 8:50am
Kahlil Deshaun Williams, who entered an Alford plea of guilty to kidnapping a young girl in September 2020, will face sentencing on Thursday, March 24 in Carson City District Court.
On May 4, 2020, Williams was arrested at Mills Park after a manhunt ensued when an elementary-school-aged girl told her aunt she had been taken by a man who attempted to sexually assault her.
During the preliminary hearing, the child told the court she had been waiting for the school bus to drop off lunches (during the pandemic shut down of 2020) when a man, later identified as Williams, pulled up in his car and asked her if she wanted a dollar.
She told the court she nodded that she did, and when she went closer to the car he pulled her inside and drove her to a “tall building” and parked. He got into the backseat of the vehicle with her and tried to pull down her pants, but she said she held on to them and began to scream.
The man drove her back and got out of the car to pull her out of the backseat before driving away.
After the child told her aunt what had occurred, her aunt called 911 and a manhunt was ordered. Carson City Sheriff's Office deputies were able to find William’s car on video footage of several businesses after the child told deputies what route they had taken.
She also was able to describe in detail what the interior of the vehicle looked like, including the fact that it had a tan interior, there was a sweater with red lettering on it and a blue “gas” bottle on the floorboards in the backseat.
A sergeant of the Carson City Sheriff’s Office was able to locate the vehicle at Mills Park based on the description from the child and from video evidence, and located Williams walking with two juvenile males toward the skate park.
Inside the vehicle, which Williams stated was his, the sergeant stated he could see a tan interior, a sweatshirt in the backseat, and a blue anti-freeze or oil jug on the passenger floorboards.
During the preliminary hearing, Williams’ fiancee took to the stand and stated that Williams had only been gone for “ten to fifteen minutes” despite previously testifying that he had been gone for several hours.
She also stated she “did not recall” the conversation she had with Williams on a phone call when she told him he had been “gone too long that day” and asked whether or not they’d be able to find evidence of her in his car, to which he did not respond.
Williams entered an Alford plea of guilty to kidnapping in the first degree, a category A felony.
"An Alford plea is a procedure by which the Defendant does not admit actual guilt, but enters a plea of guilty because he believes the prosecution has sufficient evidence to secure a conviction at trial, and deems pleading guilty to be in his best interest," said Carson City District Attorney Jason Woodbury. "His plea was entered September 1."
Williams faces two possible sentences: life in prison with the possibility of parole after a minimum of 5 years of incarceration, or 15 years in prison with the possibility of parole after a minimum of 5 years of incarceration.
