Lauren Williams (Cold Case)

Lauren Williams (Donna Mills) was the true main villainess from "Blackout," episode 4.13 of Cold Case (airdate January 14, 2007). She was the matriarch of the wealthy Williams family; the ex-wife of Stanford Williams and the mother of Tad and Ginny Williams.
Lauren was hated by the rest of her family, mainly due to her verbally abusive demeanor towards both children, while her marriage to Stanford ended in divorce due to Stanford cheating on her. On January 11, 1996, Lauren appeared at the family home as an uninvited guest, and antagonized her entire family, as well as her ex-husband's then-fiancee, Diana Gilbert, during a blackout that occurred after Lauren's arrival. Among many verbal lashings was Lauren referring to Stanford as a pedophile in front of Tad and Ginny.
However, along with her verbal abuse, it was revealed that Lauren was a sexual abuser, and her victim was none other than her own son, Tad. At some point following her divorce from Stanford, Lauren turned heel and seduced Tad when he was only 13 years of age, committing her habitual incestuous act in a twisted way to prove to herself that she was still beautiful and could attract any man she wanted. On the day of the blackout, the evil Lauren had her sights set on her grandson (Ginny's son), Matthew Merriman, who was also 13 at the time. The demented villainess coerced Matthew to live with her for an undisclosed period of time, and afterwards, she took her grandson to the family pool and was about to seduce and make out with him before she was stopped by Tad.
Tad confronted Lauren about what he did to him and was about to do to Matthew, with Lauren responding to Tad's accusations that she used him by saying that they used each other, and that no one would compare with her regarding beauty. The lights came back on after the argument, but later on, Ginny turned off the lights and confronted her evil mother, as she figured out what she had done to Matthew due to remembering that Lauren had done the same to Tad. Ginny's indignation was met with callousness from Lauren, who referred to Ginny as "plain" and stated that she wouldn't know about love due to her lack of looks. She ended up pushed in the pool by Ginny out of anger, and after Lauren refused her daughter's help and commented about Matthew, she was drowned by Ginny.
==Trivia==
*Donna Mills also played villainess Abby Cunningham on the TV series Knots Landing.
*Donna Mills later played psychotic villainess Evelyn Moore in the Lifetime film, Deadly Revenge.
==Gallery==
Evil Lauren Williams.png|Lauren's frustration over her failure to seduce her grandson
Deceased Lauren.png|Lauren's drowned body
Category:2000s
Category:Blonde
Category:Callous
Category:Corpse
Category:Failed Seduction
Category:Grandmother
Category:Hero's Lover
Category:Incest
Category:Killed By Relative
Category:Live Action Villainess
Category:Molester
Category:Mother
Category:Rich
Category:Villainous Reveal
Category:Woman Kills Villainess
Category:Fate: Deceased
Category:Demise: Drowned