Death
Scott disappeared on 27 December 1983. In April 1987, his body, having been hog-tied and shot in the back, was found floating face-down in a cistern. Scott's second wife, JoAnn (née Calcaterra), pled guilty to hindering the prosecution of his murder, and received a five-year sentence. Her lover, James H. Williams Sr., whom she married in 1986, was found guilty of two counts of capital murder involving the deaths of his previous wife, Sharon Williams, and Walter Scott.
The case was shown on Court TV's Forensic Files. and HBO's Autopsy 3: Voices From the Grave.
On 13 September 2011, James Williams, then aged 72, died in prison from a heart condition while serving his life sentence.
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