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Police Identify Couple in Apparent Murder-Suicide as Separate Gilbert Case Holds Suspect on $1 Million Bond

Investigators describe active probes into domestic shootings involving firearms with no broader public threat reported.

Overview

  • David Williamson, 76, and Genifrances Williamson, 74, were named by Gilbert police after a shooting on Blackhawk Court that investigators are calling an apparent murder-suicide.
  • A daughter told 911 she heard her parents arguing and her father threaten to kill her mother before multiple gunshots; officers found Genifrances dead and David critically injured, and he later died.
  • In a separate case on East Sheffield Avenue, officers traced a 911 call to a home where they found a woman dead and detained 26-year-old Judah Benjamin Chesley, who was booked on suspicion of second-degree murder.
  • Court records say a spent cartridge was found near the victim, multiple handguns and empty alcohol containers were recovered, evidence did not align with a self-inflicted wound, and Chesley told police he was drunk.
  • A judge set Chesley’s bond at $1 million cash-only with hearings listed for Jan. 26 and Jan. 28, while the victim’s identity and cause of death in that case have not been released.