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WILLIAMS RETURNED TO TYLER ENTERS COURT: Johnny Lee Williams is led into the 114th District Court at the Smith County Courthouse for his arraignment Thursday afternoon on a charge of aggravated kidnapping in the Megan LeAnn Holden case. By: CASEY KNAUPP, Staff Writer February 03, 2005 ENTERS COURT: Johnny Lee Williams is led into the 114th District Court at the Smith County Courthouse for his arraignment Thursday afternoon on a charge of aggravated kidnapping in the Megan LeAnn Holden case. (Staff Photo By David Branch) The man accused of abducting and murdering a 19-year-old college student was flown Thursday to...

1/25/05-Cochise County, AZ Governor's Warrant Needed To Bring Johnny Williams Back Johnny Lee Williams, Jr. is still not talking to authorities and is delaying his extradition process to bring him back to Smith County to face charges. An extradition hearing was held today for Williams in Cochise County, AZ. Williams has been in jail there since Friday, when he was arrested at a hospital, after getting treatment for a gunshot wound. Police believe it was Williams on the West Tyler Wal-Mart surveillance tape, shown kidnapping Megan Holden, 19. Megan's body was later found in West Texas. Williams fought extradition today,...

Did anyone see Dan Abrams' report last night? I got in on the last of it but it seems the Williams family has been on "morning news shows" talking about their son, Johnny Williams Jr., suspect in the murder/abduction of Megan Holden from a Tyler, Texas Wal-Mart parking lot. Several attorneys and some military vets were discussing the implications of PTSD. One question being tossed around was whether or not it would be wise to have any vets on the jury when Williams is tried. Having shopped at another Wal-Mart in Tyler on Sunday night of this week, I talked...