Mom, Daughter Kaliya Williams, Murdered in Tub

Police arrested Amahal Lynch May 17, 2010, and charged him with second-degree murder in the strangling deaths of Shakeeman Elliot of Brooklyn, N.Y., and her 8-year-old daughter, Kaliya Williams. The New York Police Department said both bodies were found in a bathtub partially filled with water.

The NYPD said suspect Lynch, who's 24, knew the 29-year-old mother, Elliot. There's a report that the alleged killer and the mother had dated casually but were not a couple, according to family members of the victim.

Autopsies determined both mother and daughter died from asphyxiation caused by compression of the neck. The New York Daily News reports alleged killer Amahal Lynch confessed to strangling the victims.

A friend, Tobias Stuart, said there had been no previous signs of trouble involving Shakeeman Elliot and 8-year-old Kaliya. "She was a loving mother," Stuart told the Daily News. "It was just her and her daughter all the time."

Police arrested Amahal Lynch May 17, 2010, and charged him with second-degree murder in the strangling deaths of Shakeeman Elliot of Brooklyn, N.Y., and her 8-year-old daughter, Kaliya Williams. The New York Police Department said both bodies were found in a bathtub partially filled with water.

The NYPD said suspect Lynch, who's 24, knew the 29-year-old mother, Elliot. There's a report that the alleged killer and the mother had dated casually but were not a couple, according to family members of the victim.

Autopsies determined both mother and daughter died from asphyxiation caused by compression of the neck. The New York Daily News reports alleged killer Amahal Lynch confessed to strangling the victims.

A friend, Tobias Stuart, said there had been no previous signs of trouble involving Shakeeman Elliot and 8-year-old Kaliya. "She was a loving mother," Stuart told the Daily News. "It was just her and her daughter all the time."

Police arrested Amahal Lynch May 17, 2010, and charged him with second-degree murder in the strangling deaths of Shakeeman Elliot of Brooklyn, N.Y., and her 8-year-old daughter, Kaliya Williams. The New York Police Department said both bodies were found in a bathtub partially filled with water.

The NYPD said suspect Lynch, who's 24, knew the 29-year-old mother, Elliot. There's a report that the alleged killer and the mother had dated casually but were not a couple, according to family members of the victim.

Autopsies determined both mother and daughter died from asphyxiation caused by compression of the neck. The New York Daily News reports alleged killer Amahal Lynch confessed to strangling the victims.

A friend, Tobias Stuart, said there had been no previous signs of trouble involving Shakeeman Elliot and 8-year-old Kaliya. "She was a loving mother," Stuart told the Daily News. "It was just her and her daughter all the time."

Police arrested Amahal Lynch May 17, 2010, and charged him with second-degree murder in the strangling deaths of Shakeeman Elliot of Brooklyn, N.Y., and her 8-year-old daughter, Kaliya Williams. The New York Police Department said both bodies were found in a bathtub partially filled with water.

The NYPD said suspect Lynch, who's 24, knew the 29-year-old mother, Elliot. There's a report that the alleged killer and the mother had dated casually but were not a couple, according to family members of the victim.

Autopsies determined both mother and daughter died from asphyxiation caused by compression of the neck. The New York Daily News reports alleged killer Amahal Lynch confessed to strangling the victims.

A friend, Tobias Stuart, said there had been no previous signs of trouble involving Shakeeman Elliot and 8-year-old Kaliya. "She was a loving mother," Stuart told the Daily News. "It was just her and her daughter all the time."

Police arrested Amahal Lynch May 17, 2010, and charged him with second-degree murder in the strangling deaths of Shakeeman Elliot of Brooklyn, N.Y., and her 8-year-old daughter, Kaliya Williams. The New York Police Department said both bodies were found in a bathtub partially filled with water.

The NYPD said suspect Lynch, who's 24, knew the 29-year-old mother, Elliot. There's a report that the alleged killer and the mother had dated casually but were not a couple, according to family members of the victim.

Autopsies determined both mother and daughter died from asphyxiation caused by compression of the neck. The New York Daily News reports alleged killer Amahal Lynch confessed to strangling the victims.

A friend, Tobias Stuart, said there had been no previous signs of trouble involving Shakeeman Elliot and 8-year-old Kaliya. "She was a loving mother," Stuart told the Daily News. "It was just her and her daughter all the time."

Police arrested Amahal Lynch May 17, 2010, and charged him with second-degree murder in the strangling deaths of Shakeeman Elliot of Brooklyn, N.Y., and her 8-year-old daughter, Kaliya Williams. The New York Police Department said both bodies were found in a bathtub partially filled with water.

The NYPD said suspect Lynch, who's 24, knew the 29-year-old mother, Elliot. There's a report that the alleged killer and the mother had dated casually but were not a couple, according to family members of the victim.

Autopsies determined both mother and daughter died from asphyxiation caused by compression of the neck. The New York Daily News reports alleged killer Amahal Lynch confessed to strangling the victims.

A friend, Tobias Stuart, said there had been no previous signs of trouble involving Shakeeman Elliot and 8-year-old Kaliya. "She was a loving mother," Stuart told the Daily News. "It was just her and her daughter all the time."

Police arrested Amahal Lynch May 17, 2010, and charged him with second-degree murder in the strangling deaths of Shakeeman Elliot of Brooklyn, N.Y., and her 8-year-old daughter, Kaliya Williams. The New York Police Department said both bodies were found in a bathtub partially filled with water.

The NYPD said suspect Lynch, who's 24, knew the 29-year-old mother, Elliot. There's a report that the alleged killer and the mother had dated casually but were not a couple, according to family members of the victim.

Autopsies determined both mother and daughter died from asphyxiation caused by compression of the neck. The New York Daily News reports alleged killer Amahal Lynch confessed to strangling the victims.

A friend, Tobias Stuart, said there had been no previous signs of trouble involving Shakeeman Elliot and 8-year-old Kaliya. "She was a loving mother," Stuart told the Daily News. "It was just her and her daughter all the time."