Man convicted in 2018 stabbing death of ex-girlfriend
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — The man charged with the 2018 murder of a Rochester woman was convicted on Wednesday on murder charges.
Nearly seven years after the death of his ex-girlfriend, Tracy Henton-Williams, Roger Lee Wiggins was found guilty by a Monroe County jury of second-degree murder.
On June 11, 2018, officials reported to a scene on Buffalo Road for calls of a woman who had been stabbed and tumbled from a moving vehicle. The victim, identified as Henton-Williams, was helped by multiple passersby but succumbed to her injuries after being transported to Strong Memorial Hospital by ambulance.
The investigation found that she was in the passenger seat of the vehicle driven by Wiggins when the stabbing occurred. While he was driving, Wiggins stabbed her in the neck and chest before she fell out of the moving vehicle and onto the side of the road as he drove away from the scene.
On June 12, 2018, Wiggins was arrested at the Canadian border after the North Tonawanda Police Department alerted Gates Police that employees at the Buffalo Recycling Facility had found items belonging to Henton-Williams, as well as two knives and a shirt containing the DNA of both Wiggins and Henton-Williams. Surveillance video showed Wiggins discarding the items.
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First Assistant District Attorney Perry Duckles commented on the guilty verdict and the efforts of all involved in the case.
'Tracy was a mother, a daughter, a sister, and an educator,' Duckles said, 'I must thank the Gates Police Department, the Canadian Border Patrol services, and the various agencies who assisted in this investigation, but I want to especially thank the Good Samaritans who assisted Tracy in her final moments and continued to cooperate with police.'
'This was a clear case of domestic violence and tragic loss,' Monroe County District Attorney Sandra Doorley said of the murder, 'After what was a rollercoaster of emotions, I hope that the family of Tracy Henton-Williams feel justice in today's verdict.'
Wiggins is scheduled to be sentenced on July 21.
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