Friday, January 21, 2005

Megan Holden

Her boyfriend died suddenly in October of a severe asthma attack. Megan Holden was devastated. They had both worked at a local deli. Everytime she went to work she imagined she could see him there. She decided to move in with her sister, in Chandler, just weeks ago. She got a job at Wal Mart and enrolled in a community college.

She was at work Wednesday when ex-Marine Johnny Williams, 24 showed up looking for a ride out of town. A security guard had approached him a couple of times as he loitered in and out of the store for 2 1/2 hours.

Video tape shows Meghan walking through the parking lot at 11:59 pm, Williams is following her. He pushed or knocked her into the truck and after a couple of minutes of trying to figure out how to drive her truck, he drove off with Meghan inside. Meghans parents contacted police before 4am when she did not come home. By that time Williams was well on his way out West with Meghan.

Williams and Meghan's truck was spotted for the first time by police this morning pulling into a hospital in Wilcox, Arizona. He was treated for a gunshot wound and immediately arrested.

He obtained the wound while trying to rob a R.V. park manager in Bowie, Arizona. He pulled a gun on the attendant. The attendant who had a shotgun hidden, pulled his out and shot Williams. He had also robbed a convenience store in Odessa, TX last night.

Minutes after arresting Williams, Meghan Holden's body was found in a ditch outside Stanton, in West Texas. She had died from a gunshot wound.