James D. Williams is suspected of involvement in the 1984 triple-murder in Tacoma, Washington, the murder of Rashad Khalifa in 1990 and other terrorist attacks. He used to lead the Colorado Fuqra. Crimes Williams was convicted on October 28, 1993 for Conspiracy to Commit First Degree Murder, two counts of Racketeering and 2nd Degree Forgery. He failed to show up for sentencing and became a fugitive. He alluded the police until August 2000 when he was caught near the Fuqra commune in Red House, Virginia, where sources say he was hiding. He was then sentenced to 69 years in prison in 2001. Williams’ fingerprints appeared on maps of Tucson and Phoenix used to prepare the murder of Rashad Khalifa. Another participant in the murder, Edward Flinton, said that he …show more content…
Their account is substantiated by a note written by a woman in the Colorado Fuqra, apparently to Williams, complaining about whipping children unnecessarily. Fuqra Source 1 says that Williams fled to the Washington State branch after he failed to appear for sentencing. This could place him in the area at the time of the Rafay murders. It is unclear if he lived there or temporarily sheltered there. The source said that Fuqra terrorist and fugitive Chris Childs was hiding with the Seattle jamaat (which may refer to the entire Washington State branch). Childs would be visited by James D. Williams. A Fuqra member named Nate Lavender, who previously was with the Colorado branch, would meet with James D. Williams in Washington. Nate/Nathaniel Lavender also used the alias of “James Lavender.” After the Seattle camp began dispersing in 1994, for reasons that remain unclear, Williams hid in a Fuqra “safehouse” in Chicago, Illinois. A “safehouse” was different from the isolated communities because of its intense security for the most at-risk members who had completed a sensitive “mission.” A single family would take care of the person and be sworn to