GUILTY AK - Irma Williams, 54, Anchorage, 15 Sept 2014

Anchorage police say they are investigating the death of a woman found dead in the Mountain View area Wednesday morning. Police say she has been identified as 54-year-old Irma Williams, who was last seen by her family more than a month ago. The department Homicide Unit is investigating the death. Williams had not been seen since Sept. 15 and was reported missing on Sept. 30... Williams was not considered a vulnerable adult.

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The former boyfriend of Irma Williams, whose body was found near a Mountain View park in October, has been accused of murder in her death...

An Anchorage grand jury today indicted Michael Memeo, 46, on charges of first- and second-degree murder. He is also accused of tampering with evidence, according to Anchorage police.

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It wasn’t until October that a man walking his dogs found her body buried in Davis Park. She was 54 years old. (Michael Memeo, her former boyfriend, was charged with first and second-degree murder and evidence tampering. He’s currently scheduled to go to trial in October.)

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Michael Memeo, 46, was originally charged with first-degree murder, second-degree murder and tampering with evidence in connection with the death of 54-year-old Irma Williams. He changed his original plea to guilty of second-degree murder as part of a plea deal

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One of the terms of Memeo’s plea deal was to serve 60 years in prison with 20 suspended, followed by a 10-year probationary period. He could face up to 99 years in prison if the terms of the plea agreement are not approved by the presiding judge.

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Details of how 54-year-old Irma Williams died were at last revealed Thursday during her killer's sentencing in Anchorage, a hearing that concluded with an imposed prison term of 40 years.

The wealth of evidence leading to the decades-long sentence for Michael Memeo, 48, was largely circumstantial, said Assistant District Attorney Gustaf Olson. Memeo pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in December.

Memeo admitted to the facts laid out in confidential court documents, Olson said before describing the brutal details of Williams' death.

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When given the chance to speak, Memeo gave a terse statement apologizing "for the trouble I caused." He promised to stay on his medication and off drugs, "so nothing like this ever happens again."

Lowery noted the earliest Memeo could be released from prison is in 27 years, if he behaves while behind bars and accumulates good time. Memeo would be in his 70s, the defense attorney said.

Irma's son Sha-Clane Williams said his mother likely would have forgiven her killer. He doubted he could do the same, he said. Sha-Clane described Irma as his best friend and a woman who opened her home to family and strangers in need.

"We didn't have the best life but she always made the best of it," he said, adding he once believed she would always be in his life.

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