“Horrifying” cellphone footage shown in an Illinois courtroom last week revealed a woman laughing and taunting her 18-year-old foster daughter as the teen lay dying at the bottom of a staircase, according to reports.
Shemeka Williams, 46, is accused of murdering her foster child, Mackenzi Felmlee, in May 2024 after months of alleged abuse, according to the Fairview Heights Police Department. She was arrested last week and charged with a number of crimes in addition to allegedly killing Felmlee, including aggravated domestic battery and unlawful restraint.
Authorities were notified on May 11, 2024, of an unresponsive teen and responded to a residence on Patricia Drive in Fairview Heights, an FHPD release says. They allegedly found Felmlee inside while in the care of Williams and Felmlee’s foster grandmother, Cornelia M. Reid, 64, who is also charged with murder…