Man ‘Lied in Wait’ Before Fatally Shooting ATV Rider and Beloved Father, Then Said, 'I Killed Him': Police

Mar. 15, 2025

Ja’Keem Williams, Ralph Hensel.Photo:Ja’Keem DeShun Williams/Facebook; Orange County Jail

Ja’Keem DeShun Williams/Facebook; Orange County Jail

Ralph Hensel, 57, is now charged with first-degree murder in the death of Ja’Keem Williams.

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Witnesses also said they heard “two loud shots,” per WESH, and watched as “the suspect walked back towards the office saying, ‘I killed him.’”

Williams was described as a much loved father of five. “Those are his kids, five kids, so he loved his kids, and that’s all he ever cared about. That’s what he did, day in and day out, my kids," Briana Bermudez, the mother of three of his kids, toldWSVN.

Williams had been “funny” as well as “humble" and “so non-confrontational. He didn’t like to argue,” Bermudez told Fox35 Orlando.

Though Bermudez hopes justice will be brought in the case, she also acknowledged to WSVN that “There’s nothing that the justice system can do to [Hensel] that’s gonna make me hurt any less, make it any easier for my kids."

PEOPLE was unable to immediately reach the Winter Garden police department for comment. Information on an attorney for Hensel was not immediately available.

A pre-trial detention hearing has been slated for Hensel next week. He has been denied bond.

source: people.com