{"id":40961,"date":"2026-08-12T14:10:54","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T09:10:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=40961"},"modified":"2026-08-12T14:10:54","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T09:10:54","slug":"kansas-sex-offender-dad-ronald-williams-kills-wife-four-children-before-taking-own-life-in-murder-suicide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=40961","title":{"rendered":"Kansas sex offender dad Ronald Williams kills wife, four children before taking own life in murder-suicide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F2%2F2026%2F08%2Fmurdersuicidewinfield.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall%261786506840\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A Kansas sex offender dad shot dead his wife and four children before he called 911 to report he had \u201ckilled\u201d his family and took his own life in an apparent murder-suicide<\/p>\n<p>Ronald Williams, 53, gunned down his wife Kelly George, 44, and their children, Carol Williams, 9; 7-year-old Ronald Williams Jr.; Sarah Williams, 5, and Kelly Magee-Williams, 3, at a home in Winfield, Kan., around 9 a.m. on Tuesday, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/KBIKansas\/posts\/pfbid02hSEJzFye4xFQz6zjTyEGHwUHTFdWnMTVmrEDKc8svnCExLx97YJpEQar29d7ZP8gl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-nyp-affiliate=\"true\">Kansas Bureau of Investigation revealed.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Williams called an emergency dispatch unit, where he admitted to killing his family and \u201cintended to kill himself,\u201d investigators said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Ronald Williams gunned down his wife and their four children before turning the weapon on himself in a Kansas murder-suicide. <span class=\"credit\">KBI<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A single gunshot was heard when cops swooped on the property \u2013 before they found six people with gunshot wounds at around 11 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is believed Williams Sr. killed the five family members prior to placing the 911 call, and died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound shortly after law enforcement arrived,\u201d the KBI said.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Neighbors were left disturbed by what unfolded inside the home.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI heard what happened, and once I heard it was a whole family and children, it just made my stomach churn actually,\u201d Ann Stofferan <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kwch.com\/2026\/08\/12\/somebody-failed-winfield-residents-grapple-with-grief-questions-after-family-murdered\/\">told KWCH-TV<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd I just felt so sad and heartbroken for that family. Because I just can\u2019t imagine what that man was thinking to do that. I just can\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Williams reportedly told his wife, \u201cI\u2019m going to do it, I\u2019m going to do it, I\u2019m going to call the cops and I\u2019m going to do it,\u201d according to another neighbor.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Police tape was erected outside Williams\u2019 home.  <span class=\"credit\">KSN<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cBut I never knew what he was talking about. How do you kill your own family? How do you do that? I just don\u2019t get it,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn my 20-plus years here, no, I can\u2019t remember anything remotely close to this,\u201d Robbie DeLong, the Winfield police chief, said at a press conference Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>DeLong told reporters cops had received calls about \u201cerratic behavior\u201d where Williams had confronted and yelled at people.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can\u2019t say that anything would have indicated where we are today,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Cops swooped on the property after receiving a 911 call from Williams, where he told dispatchers he had killed his family. <span class=\"credit\">KSN<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Registered sex offender Williams, who had a slew of aliases, was convicted in September 1998 when he was in his 20s for attempted indecent liberties in an incident involving a 15-year-old girl in Kansas City.<\/p>\n<p>His registration on the sex offenders register was due to expire in July 2028, according to the KBI.<\/p>\n<p>He also faced charges for battery, attempted rape, burglary, and drugs, according to court records <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kctv5.com\/2026\/08\/12\/winfield-man-was-registered-sex-offender-charged-with-multiple-felonies-eastern-kansas-before-killing-family\/\">seen by KCTV<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The KBI and Winfield cops are investigating the shooting.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong><em>If you or someone you know is affected by any of the issues raised in this story, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 800-273-TALK (8255) or text Crisis Text Line at 741741.<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>If you are struggling with suicidal thoughts, you can dial the 24\/7 National Suicide Prevention Hotline at 988 or go to <\/em><\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/suicidepreventionlifeline.org\/\"><strong><em>SuicidePreventionLifeline.org<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Kansas sex offender dad shot dead his wife and four children before he called 911 to report he had \u201ckilled\u201d his family and took his own life in an apparent murder-suicide Ronald Williams, 53, gunned down his wife Kelly George, 44, and their children, Carol Williams, 9; 7-year-old Ronald Williams Jr.; Sarah Williams, 5,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40962,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/murdersuicidewinfield.jpg?quality=75&strip=all&1786506840&w=1200","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-hub"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40961","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=40961"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40961\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/40962"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=40961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=40961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=40961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}