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Woman Pleads Guilty to Murdering Her Boyfriend in 2004

Posted on: Thursday, 16 March 2006, 18:00 CST

By Kevin Hoffmann, The Kansas City Star, Mo.

Mar. 16--A Kansas City woman pleaded guilty today to running into her boyfriend in a vehicle and then leaving him in the street, where another car ran over and killed him.

Regina R. Williams, 37, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and assault in the death of 32-year-old Maurice S. Landis, also of Kansas City. Williams faces up to 17½ years in prison. Prosecutors agreed to drop an armed criminal action charge that carried a possible sentence of life in prison.

In answering a series of questions from a Jackson County Circuit Court judge, Williams said that she understood that she was waiving her right to a trial. More than a dozen relatives and friends of Landis were at the hearing.

Williams testified that she was drinking alcohol at a party on Oct. 30, 2004, when she and Landis began fighting. The two continued to fight outside, and Williams got into her 1999 GMC Jimmy and began chasing Landis. She drove onto a grassy and struck Landis. He ended up in the street in the 5200 block of Blue Ridge Cutoff, where another car hit and dragged him. He died at a hospital.

During the hearing, Williams said that Landis had repeatedly struck her in the past.

Sentencing was scheduled for May.

To reach Kevin Hoffmann, call (816) 234-7801 or send e-mail to khoffmann@kcstar.com

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Source: The Kansas City Star (Kansas City, Missouri)

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