Man Accused of 5-Year-Old Girl’s Murder Now Investigated For His Newborn's Death

The man accused of the rape and murder of a 5-year-old Colombus girl, Kamarie Holland, is now being investigated as the primary suspect in the death of his own newborn daughter in 2005.

North Pole Police Chief Steve Duta said Thursday that Jeremy Tremaine Williams, 37, is now being investigated as the primary suspect in the killing of his one-month-old daughter, Naudia Treniece Williams, in 2005, WRBL-TV reported.

The baby’s death reportedly took place in Alaska when Williams lived with the infant’s mother, who was at the time an active member of the Air Force. The infant’s cause of death was from blunt force trauma, the outlet reported. The North Pole Police Department and the Air Force first investigated the case.

Last month, Alabama Russell County's Sheriff Heath Taylor alluded to an Alaska cold case linked to Williams but stated that there was a lack of evidence linking the man to the case.

Williams was arrested on charges of capital murder after Holland’s remains were found on Dec. 13 in an abandoned residence where the man once lived in Phenix City. Holland’s mother, Kristy Siple, allegedly sold her daughter for sex to Williams, authorities were cited as saying by Fox News. Siple initially reported her daughter missing. She was arrested two weeks later and charged with child trafficking and felony murder in relation to Holland’s death.

According to Duta, the reopened Alaska investigation started after Williams’ December arrest in Alabama.

Taylor previously said Holland died from asphyxiation, adding that there was evidence of sexual abuse, NBC affiliate WSFA reported. An Alabama judge has issued a gag order on law enforcement officials, attorneys, and possible witnesses in the Holland case.

One day after the girl’s remains were found, Taylor revealed that Williams had previously been linked to at least three other cases of child abuse. The sheriff said Williams was charged with child abuse in 2009 in Phenix but was acquitted three years later.

Another case of child abuse was linked to Williams in Columbus, the same area where Holland’s body was found, but the case’s status is unknown.

If convicted in the Holland case, Williams faces a minimum sentence of life in prison and a possible death sentence at maximum. If he is sentenced to life, there is no chance of parole, Russell County's Chief Assistant District Attorney Rick Chancey previously said.