CEDAR RAPIDS — A night of playing cards and drinking alcohol turned deadly for Tremaine Williams, 35, on March 4 after he was fatally stabbed at a friend’s house while others were sleeping.
A search warrant affidavit said three 911 calls were made. On the third call, Williams’ girlfriend, Jacqueline Holmes, then 36, spoke to a police dispatcher. She was crying and said her “fiance’s” chest wasn’t “rising.” The dispatcher tried to walk her through CPR, but she said she couldn’t because Williams had a laceration near his shoulder.
When officers arrived about 4:25 a.m. to Phillips Rogers’ house at 727 Eighth Ave. SW, no one answered the door, the affidavit said. Officers entered from the back door through the kitchen and to a bedroom. They saw droplets of blood on the kitchen table, blood on the cabinets and what appeared to be dried blood on a paper towel. Williams was found gravely wounded on the floor, partially blocking the door of the bedroom. Holmes was sitting over the “bloodied” body of Williams.