CRIME WATCH FOLLOWUP: David Williford back in custody

2:02 PM: Six days after we first told you about 38-year-old David C. Williford, discovered by state Department of Corrections officers to have removed a monitoring device and left the North Admiral home where they’d gone to arrest him, he’s back in custody. We just got that word from a DOC spokesperson, who says Williford is in the Mason County Jail. That’s the county in which previous cases against him originated. The jail roster says he’s been there since just after 10:30 this morning.

11 PM: The DOC issued a news release later in the day, about the arrest of Williford and another fugitive. Of this case, the DOC news release says:

David Williford cut off his GPS monitor shortly after his release to community supervision on May 5. DOC community corrections officers arrived at the location in minutes in response to a tampering notice, but Williford had disappeared. Late Monday night, Mason County Sheriff’s deputies brought Williford safely into custody.

“The location” refers to the North Admiral house, reported to belong to a family member, where Williford was staying.

ltmmgm May 13, 2025 (2:06 pm)

Hallelujah! Now keep him there.

A. May 13, 2025 (2:26 pm)

Applause.

Class May 13, 2025 (2:28 pm)

He shouldn’t have been out in the first place. I’m a liberal, but these types need to be kept in jail.

NorthAdmiralRes May 13, 2025 (3:07 pm)

Is this the same guy seen around North Admiral who used to ride around on fat tire bicycle? If so, glad he’s in custody. He was a complete nuisance

Insertname May 13, 2025 (3:10 pm)

I’ve read numerous posts on WSB of people doing terrible things. But after reading about this deeply, deeply disturbed individual, I find myself being truly disgusted. I’m fully aware that there are awful human beings out there, but this guy is frightening. I can’t even read about some of the things he’s been found guilty of doing without getting furious. Deeply depressed, too. If anyone deserves to be behind bars indefinitley, it’s this guy. I don’t think there’s any rehabilitation for this one. These laws have to change. I just don’t get it. What’s the incentive for keeping someone like this on the streets. I can only imagine it being a matter of time before this guy takes someone’s life. Thankfully he’s been apprehended at least. Now please keep him there.

Andros May 13, 2025 (3:32 pm)

It’s not even a liberal/conservative idea really. It’s just common sense to keep him behind bars.

lucy May 13, 2025 (4:05 pm)

McNeill Island would be a perfect place for this guy.

Rhonda May 13, 2025 (4:36 pm)

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Or Alcatraz.
- Georgia May 13, 2025 (11:50 pm)
  
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  Even better!
- Helpermonkey May 14, 2025 (6:48 am)
  
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  Why would we want to send him to a National Park, Rhonda? Or do you really believe that your grifter in chief is going to reopen it as a prison?
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    David could scrape off the hundreds of millions of bird droppings from the Alcatraz railings and rooftops for the next few decades, Helper monkey.
- CAM May 14, 2025 (8:51 am)
  
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  Are we sending him on a vacation? Tickets to Alcatraz can be very hard to get during the summer months so we probably should have planned in advance for that.
  - A. May 15, 2025 (12:41 pm)
    
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    @CAM :)

Thank you May 13, 2025 (4:34 pm)

Thank you for sharing this fantastic news!

Craig May 13, 2025 (5:36 pm)

Anyone who thinks they’re going to “re-home” their pets through Craigslist needs to read up on this guy.

anonyme May 14, 2025 (6:01 am)

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This is not an uncommon practice for sociopaths. Canadian killer Luka Magnotta was known for doing this and posting videos on YouTube. Technically, CraigsList does not allow “rehoming” (selling) animals on CL, but unfortunately the rule is not enforced. I encourage anyone who cares about animal welfare to spend a few minutes and flag off these posts.
craigslist fan May 14, 2025 (7:20 am)

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Thank you Craig for giving us your daily list!

HS May 13, 2025 (5:48 pm)

Thank you so much for the update. Very relieved to read this.

Deeply concerned, Citizen May 13, 2025 (5:50 pm)

He’s a sociopath like Ted Bundy. He doesn’t know the difference between right and wrong and has no conscience. Unfortunately, not able to be rehabilitated

amp May 13, 2025 (6:30 pm)

Between news of this guy and the skateboarding stabber, I’m not feeling too safe living in Admiral right now. I would really like to know where he was apprehended, if he was still in this area. It’s just so frustrating that our courts and our legislators do not seem to be putting public safety ahead of all else.

1994 May 13, 2025 (10:42 pm)

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KIRO TV news reported he was hiding under a bridge in Mason County. The TV news showed the police (or maybe DOC staff?) helping get him from under the bridge, where he was on the girders. The bridge looked quite high up spanning a deep ravine . Possibly he was suicidal but the police got him up top & promptly arrested.
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  This would be correct. He was under in the rafters of high steel birdge and was planning to kill himself self. I know because I was there. And I found him. I was his friend and found it all out. He had claimed he was more than less so, innocent to his crimes. But there be a lot of lies and thought I feel behind it all. But he showed me a lot of goodness and I didnt want to see him die that way. To be honest.
J May 13, 2025 (11:32 pm)

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I read he was apprehended in Shelton WA

concerned neighbor May 13, 2025 (8:43 pm)

Agree, would like to know where he was apprehended (and seeing other comments in the other post about him being at his mom’s house in the neighborhood?). Worried if he’s released again and could return to the area.

WSB May 13, 2025 (9:34 pm)

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I asked the DOC rep those followup questions hours ago, no reply before day’s end. We’ll be asking Mason County tomorrow.

Yikes May 14, 2025 (6:41 am)

There’s a video of the arrest on the Mason County FB page. He was having a mental health crisis and climbing a giant bridge. Real professional, compassionate work by those deputies and a bystander. Respect!

97 May 14, 2025 (4:33 pm)

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Thank you. I honestly tried. He cared for me… I was the bystander…

Short lived relief May 15, 2025 (11:52 am)

Such relief learning that he was captured. However, some online research shows that he may just have to serve a couple months for non-compliance with community custody/parole and then would be released again. He has shown that he is a danger to others and now sounds like to himself too. How can he get the help he needs and the community/public be safe? Let’s not do this again.