The family of a 22-year-old man who was strangled, wrapped in a blanket and left in a hotel room by his boyfriend say he expressed concern about his boyfriend’s temper just days before his death.
Cory Jamal Robinson (pictured) was originally from Macon but was living in Atlanta when he met 27-year-old Richard Louis Williams. The two had only been dating for a few months when they got into a heated argument at the InTown Suites, an extended stay hotel where the couple was living at the time.
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According to court documents, Williams strangled Robinson on January 30, 2015 then left his body on the floor before inviting a friend over and telling him “not to worry about it.” The friend later contacted to police, but not before Williams, who had just finished serving a 37-month prison term for theft, fled the hotel, leaving Robinson’s body for the hotel cleaning staff to find. Police arrested him two months later at an airport hotel where he was hiding.
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Last month, Williams was convicted of Robinson’s murder and sentenced to life in prison. Now, his attorneys are asking for a new trial, saying prosecutors didn’t prove his guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. But Robinson’s sister, Courtney Toliver, begs to differ. She says Williams had an ugly temper and that he and Robinson got into several altercations before her brother was murdered.
“They was always arguing,” Toliver testified during a court hearing. “[Cory] was saying that Richard was an aggressive person.”
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According to Toliver, Robinson told her he thought Williams had anger management issues after he left him stranded in Atlanta on Christmas Eve.
“I guess they were arguing on Christmas Eve. Richard was supposed to bring Cory home on Christmas Eve, but then Cory called me and said, ‘Hey, we’re coming the next day,’ which was Christmas,” Toliver said. “They had just got into it. And Richard left him stranded. … And I said, you know, are y’all always arguing? What’s going on? Are you scared of him? You know, what’s going on? And he just was like, ‘Well, he’s an aggressive person.'”
Tolvier also said that in the days leading up to her brother’s death, she received a string of disturbing texts from him.
“I think it was like that Thursday, the day before he got killed, might have been January 29, that’s when he texted me. And it was weird,” she said. “The whole text was weird because he was telling me that he loved me and he said that he was ready to come home because everything wasn’t what it seemed to be. And he said that him and Richard was always arguing and he was just ready to home.”
The next day, Robinson was dead.
A judge has not yet ruled on a retrial.
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h/t: Project Q Atlanta
Stache
Lets see. Your BF who is aggressive and has serious anger issues just got out of Prison again. What could possibly happen.
Chris
How sad. A young life snuffed out by a stone-cold killer. I say they throw away the key on the perp.
Daniel-Reader
RIP. So sad. Hope those reading this who are in bad relationships – gay or straight – get out so this doesn’t happen again.
Bob LaBlah
As tragic as these types of stories are I really would prefer to see the victim instead of the perpetrator. Considering this is Atlanta, the victim black and his boyfriend a repeat offender in five years (at best) he’ll be looking for another victim.
I had a friend who used to visit webpages set up for cons and now wonder what happened to him. There is something about………..never mind, what’s the use? I hope the poor kid is resting in peace and tranquility.
PRINCE OF SNARKNESS aka DIVKID
Dunno what it says about me (a-la Rorschach) but I thought that was a knife in the thumbnail. Sad story.
Kangol
@Bob LaBlah: What are you talking about? The photo shows the victim, Cory Jamal Robinson (pictured above). Or do you mean “see” in some other way.
This is a very sad story. The murdered victim sounds like he was very scared of his boyfriend and knew things might turn out badly, but he didn’t know how to get out of the relationship.
As others have said, perhaps this story will help others who are in bad, potentially violent and abusive relationships find the strength to leave and get help.
Bob LaBlah
@Kangol: My bad. I misread the article. Thanks. I thought he was the perpetrator. Thanks again.
FrankWellstone
Total savagery from n1gg@rs, living down to the worst stereotypes, complete with snap back cap turned backward. Exactly what I’d expect.
Kangol
@FrankWellstone: Your r@cist invective is beyond pathetic. Please go back to Stormfront or wherever you usually hang out.
Queerty, what happened to the FLAG button?
Hussain-TheCanadian
@FrankWellstone: It’s really ironic that you’re calling this human being a “slave” without realizing that you’re a ‘slave” too, in one way or another.
In this day and age, skin colour inst what makes one a slave my friend, you need to let go of the hate.
Tackle
@Bob LaBlah: LMAO!! With your first comment, I don’t think you even bothered to READ the story. And I see your obsession with ALL things Black continues…
Bob LaBlah
@Tackle: Laugh long and hard honey. You see, I looked at the cap and all and the first thing I thought from the pic was “thug”, which is what led me to believe that was the guy who did it. I am so glad you got wet from my mistake. Dry yourself and stay tuned for my next one, which is sure to “come”.
Blackceo
As much as I have said in the past that I would like Queerty to post more articles that reflect gays of color, I’m now thinking maybe they should stay away from anything related to Black people because it really reveals the cesspool of stupid that lurks on this site. Ugh….it makes my head hurt.
Poncho Sanchez
I think the perp is mentally ill. That he invited a friend over after the crime and said “don’t worry about it”, and just left the body in a hotel room for the maid to find gives evidence that he wasn’t playing with a full deck.
dwes09
@Bob LaBlah: “As tragic as these types of stories are I really would prefer to see the victim instead of the perpetrator.”
Learn to read. The article is quite clear that the picture is of the victim.
dwes09
@Bob LaBlah: “As tragic as these types of stories are I really would prefer to see the victim instead of the perpetrator.”
Learn to read. The article is quite clear about the identity of the man in the picture.
dwes09
@Bob LaBlah: ” Laugh long and hard honey. You see, I looked at the cap and all and the first thing I thought from the pic was “thug”
Nothing especially amusing about racism besides the stupidity of those that embrace it.
dwes09
@Blackceo: “it really reveals the cesspool of stupid that lurks on this site.”
I think it is good to know who the folks are who are bathing in that cesspool of stupid. They make fools of themselves.