
A man accused of strangling a 15-year-old girl had searched the terms “death penalty” and “how to explain asphyxiation death” after the incident, prosecutors said.
Joshua Williams, 24, has been charged with murder in the death of Amarise A. Parker. Williams, who lives in the 7200 block of South Phillips Avenue in South Shore, where the attack happened, was also wanted on an out-of-state warrant, police said.