Billy attended Derek Tice's trial, but left before Tice received two life sentences for capital murder and rape. Tice's trial was held in Arlington because of the extensive publicity in Norfolk. At the end of the trial, a Norfolk prosecutor told the Northern Virginia jury why the murder of Michelle Moore-Bosko had resonated in Norfolk. D.J. Hansen, right, and Valerie Bowen lead the prosecution against the eight suspects arrested in Michelle Moore-Bosko's murder. D.J. Hansen, a former Navy prosecutor, said.
Daddy is home.
There is a saying in Norfolk that the Navy takes care of its own. In his last statement to police, Joe Dick said all eight men were in Michelle's apartment on the night of the murder. Omar Ballard told many stories too, both admitting and denying involvement in the murder under oath. They later met Ballard in the parking lot outside the apartment. Ballard, who had met Williams before, also knew Michelle through their mutual friend Tamika Taylor.