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Oscar Williams, Beaten Down For His Daughter
posted (March 3, 2015)
Last night we told you about 42 year old Oscar Williams - the father of 5 who was viciously beaten up on Saturday afternoon by 6 men. As we mentioned, Williams was walking on Southern Foreshore along with his 13-year-old daughter when the group of men in front of an abandoned building started shouting vulgarities at the young girl. Oscar Williams approached the six men and that's when they put a vicious beat down on him, knocking him unconscious. Today 7news spoke to his13 year old daughter off camera and his wife. They gave us an account of the incident - and of his condition.

Yolanda Williams - Wife
"At this moment he is doing a little bit better. He is calmer and he is remembering one and two people."

Monica Bodden
"Can you tell me what you remember happened? I understand you were at home when your daughter came to get you."

Yolanda Williams - Wife
"What I could recall is that my daughter and her dad went out to pick up some money and while coming back home, they met these young men who were hanging out at this white abandoned house on Foreshore and the young men started yelling obscene language and telling my daughter that he was her ex-boyfriend which she threw away the baby for. I mean she is a 13 year old child and my husband really got upset and he went to confront them and asked them why they were talking like that. So, at that moment my daughter ran home and she came and let us know what was happening, but when we got there and met him, he was lying on the ground unconscious and we called the police which they quickly responded and we brought him to the KHMH. She said about 6 of them and they are all young men."

Monica Bodden
"Tell me how is he doing at this time?"

Yolanda Williams - Wife
"At this moment he is doing better. He is trying to remember some people that he didn't remember. The doctor say that it will take a while for him to recover fully, which we don't know if he will fully recover, but at least he will gain some memory. The doctor say that because of the swelling of the brain and that little bloodstains that are in his brain, he keep remembering what had happened that night, so he gets really aggressive when he woke up and remembering."

Voice of 13 year old Daughter
"My dad and I went to collect some money from our pastor and when we were coming back, there were 6-7 guys together at the top of a white building. He was taking me to my house and well they were telling me stuff and my dad didn't like it and he got vex and then went to confront them to see what was the problem and then I don't know what happened next, because I went home to see my mom and told them what was happening."

Monica Bodden
"What kind of stuff were these guys saying to you?"

Voice of 13 year old Daughter
"I had a pink blouse and a short pants and they were saying the girl with the pink blouse and one of them told me that I am your ex that you threw the baby away from."

Monica Bodden
"When you went home and you got your sister and your mom, by the time you got out there, they had already beaten you dad?"

Voice of 13 year old Daughter
"Yes ma'am. He was on the floor bleeding unconscious and he didn't recognized anyone of us."

Williams is in a stable condition at the KHMH. Police haven't arrested anyone yet.

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