Alfred Williams, a 21-year-old from Fort Worth, Texas, was convicted this week in Tarrant County of felony murder in the 2023 death of his 4-month-old son, Azari Williams. The incident stemmed from Williams squeezing and then throwing the crying infant into a couch arm, causing fatal blunt force injuries including rib fractures, brain bleeding, and a spinal fracture.
Case Details
The abuse occurred in February 2023 at an apartment on Southwest Loop 820, where Williams was alone with Azari and the baby’s 11-year-old half-brother. Williams admitted to police he yelled at the crying baby, squeezed him hard enough to break ribs, and flung him like “nothing,” later citing unemployment stress and his partner’s long hospital shifts. The child died at Cook…..