Charles Henry Williams Hidden Murders

In the 1960s in Miami, Florida, coroner Dr. Charles Wetli used the term “excited delirium” to explain the deaths of 19 Black women, many of whom were sex workers found dead in the area. Wetli claimed the women died from drug use combined with “sexual excitement,” a theory he used to close the cases without homicide investigations. Years later, police discovered that the victims had actually been murdered by serial killer Charles Henry Williams, who had been strangling women across Miami.

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