Denisha Williams: The Warning Came First — Then She Was Killed | DVAM Day 7

Their Stories To Tale: Black Girls Missing Or Murdered · Oct 7, 2026 · 6m

Denisha Williams was 28 years old, a mother of four, a caretaker, a student, and a woman working toward becoming a licensed cosmetologist.

On September 3, 2022, Denisha was shot and killed inside Peaches Nightclub in Valdosta, Georgia, after police said an argument with her longtime boyfriend, Jacquez Jelks, turned violent. Another woman was also shot and survived.

According to Denisha’s mother, there had already been a domestic violence incident involving Denisha about three months before her death, and a warrant had been issued for Jelks in connection with that earlier incident.

Jelks was…