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On the night of July 11, 2025, a frightened child dialed 911 from inside a small home in Belle Glade, Florida.

His voice was shaking.
He was struggling to breathe.

He told the dispatcher that his father had strangled his mother.
Then he said something that would freeze everyone listening:

“He shot her. He shot my mom.”

When deputies arrived minutes later, they found 31-year-old Shantae Butts dead on the floor, her children screaming nearby, and a pattern of warning signs so extensive it would later raise a single devastating question:

How did this happen after so many chances to stop it?

Who Shantae Butts Was — Beyond the Headlines

Shantae Butts was not just another name in a police report.

She was a mother of four, an entrepreneur, and an increasingly visible voice on social media—someone who used humor and blunt honesty to talk about things many women are afraid to say out loud.

She worked multiple jobs:

Home health aide

Owner of a cleaning business, Polished by Shea

Floral decorator specializing in money bouquets and liquor arrangements

She was also an aspiring content creator.

On Facebook and short-form video platforms, Shantae built a following by turning lived pain into commentary. Her videos were raw, sometimes funny, sometimes furious. She talked about motherhood, survival, money, and—most controversially—absent and abusive men.

Her “deadbeat daddy” videos struck a nerve.

They were not scripted.
They were not vague.
And they included references to the father of her youngest children.

“I Was Adopted. Family Meant Everything to Me.”

Shantae spoke openly about her childhood.

She had been adopted and later fostered—experiences she said shaped how deeply she valued stability and family.

“I wasn’t looking for a dad,” she once said in a video.
“I was looking for answers.”

As an adult, she built her entire world around her children. Friends and followers described her as hands-on, present, and fiercely protective. Her social media showed school events, sports games, birthdays, and everyday moments of exhaustion and pride.

She worked constantly, not chasing luxury but security.

And she was determined to do it without depending on a man.

The Man Who Refused to Let Go

That independence became a problem for Little M. Williams, 46.

Williams was nearly fifteen years older than Shantae and had a long history of violence, emotional instability, and repeated arrests—most involving women.

Court records show:

2014: Arrested for sexual battery after an ex-girlfriend reported severe injuries, including head trauma

2018: Arrested for stalking and trespassing; convicted of trespassing only

2023: Arrested after striking another woman in the head; served two days

Each time, charges were reduced.
Each time, sentences were minimal.

By the time he entered Shantae’s life, Williams had already demonstrated a clear pattern: escalating violence with little consequence.

Leaving Him Made Things Worse

By 2024, Shantae made a decision that advocates say places women at the highest risk in abusive relationships: she tried to leave.

She:

Kicked Williams out of her home

Changed her phone number

Installed security cameras

Documented incidents

Contacted police repeatedly

In July 2024, Williams broke into her home, put her in a chokehold, and kicked her repeatedly. When she attempted to call 911, he took her phone and fled.

He was arrested and charged with domestic battery by strangulation and witness tampering—both felonies.

He pleaded guilty.

He served 157 days.

A no-contact order was issued.

The Justice System Looks Away — Again

Just months later, in October 2024, Williams violated the order.

He broke into her home again.
He assaulted her again.
He stole her phone again.

Prosecutors reduced the felony charge to a misdemeanor.

Williams served 66 days.

Shantae continued reporting him.
The system continued releasing him.

Facebook Became Her Last Line of Defense

As the violence escalated, Shantae’s online presence changed tone.

Her posts became more urgent.
More explicit.
More fearful.

She filmed Williams showing up at her workplace, refusing to leave, invading her space while she begged him to stop.

“Please leave my job. I’m not okay with this.”

She shared doorbell footage showing him pacing outside her home more than 20 times in one night.

She told followers she was scared.
She told deputies she believed he would kill her.

Days before her death, a warrant for stalking was issued.

Williams was not arrested.

The Humiliation He Couldn’t Tolerate

While Shantae believed she was warning others—and maybe protecting herself—investigators would later conclude that Williams interpreted her videos as humiliation.

Her “deadbeat daddy” content did something the courts never had:

It exposed him publicly.

Friends later told detectives that Williams was furious about the videos. He believed Shantae was “making him look weak.”

And in domestic-violence cases, experts say, perceived loss of control is often the most dangerous moment of all.

A Woman Who Did Everything Right

By early July 2025, Shantae had:

Filed police reports

Obtained restraining orders

Installed surveillance

Fled to a hotel for safety

Warned authorities she feared for her life

Advocates say her case reflects a painful reality:

Survivors can do everything right and still be killed.

Shantae kept speaking because silence had never protected her.

What she didn’t know was that her voice would be the last thing her abuser ever heard.

At 11:47 p.m. on July 11, 2025, a 911 dispatcher in Palm Beach County answered a call that would later be played in courtrooms, advocacy trainings, and police briefings across the state.

The caller was a child.

His words came in bursts, broken by fear.

“My daddy… he strangled my mom.”
“He shot her.”
“Please come.”

The dispatcher stayed calm. Deputies were sent immediately.

What they arrived to was not a sudden tragedy—but the final chapter of a story that had been written repeatedly, documented thoroughly, and ignored too often.

The Final Break-In

According to the arrest affidavit, Little M. Williams, 46, broke into Shantae Butts’ home through a window late that night.

Inside the house were:

Shantae

Her current boyfriend

At least six children, including Williams’ own

Investigators determined that Williams first confronted the boyfriend in a bedroom. A physical struggle followed.

Williams fired his weapon, striking the boyfriend in the chest.

The boyfriend survived.

Shantae did not.

Deputies later confirmed that Williams strangled Shantae before shooting her, an act consistent with his prior pattern of domestic violence by choking—a known predictor of intimate-partner homicide.

The children were present for the attack.

“He Surrendered Like a Coward”

When deputies arrived, they found Williams outside the home, hands behind his back.

He did not attempt to flee.

Inside, they found Shantae unresponsive. She was pronounced dead at the scene.

A neighbor, who asked not to be identified for safety reasons, later described encountering Williams moments after the attack.

She asked him where the children were.

“They in there,” he told her.

When she entered the home, she found the children crying and the boyfriend barely breathing.

Then she found Shantae.

“She was still,” the neighbor said.
“Her eyes… I can’t shake her eyes.”

A Warrant That Came Too Late

Court records revealed that days before the murder, a warrant had been issued for Williams’ arrest on a stalking charge.

He was not located.

He was not detained.

He remained free.

Six days later, Shantae was dead.

A History the System Already Knew

By the time of the murder, Williams had:

Multiple arrests for domestic violence

Prior convictions involving strangulation

Repeated violations of no-contact orders

A documented pattern of stalking and escalation

In July 2024, Shantae told deputies she nearly lost consciousness while Williams choked her.

In October 2024, he broke into her home again.

Each time, prosecutors reduced charges.

Each time, jail sentences were measured in days, not years.

Advocates say this pattern reflects a systemic failure to treat domestic violence—especially strangulation—as the lethal warning sign it is.

The Role of Social Media — Protection or Trigger?

Investigators confirmed that Williams was enraged by Shantae’s Facebook videos.

Her posts naming “deadbeat fathers,” including him, were viewed thousands of times.

To Shantae, the videos were:

A form of therapy

A warning

A way to reclaim her voice

To Williams, prosecutors argue, they were public humiliation.

Experts testified that public exposure combined with loss of control often precedes intimate-partner homicide.

Shantae believed visibility might protect her.

In reality, it made her more visible to the man who already refused to let her go.

The Charges That Finally Stick

Williams was arrested and charged with:

First-degree murder with a firearm

Attempted murder

Felon in possession of a firearm

Prosecutors announced they would seek the maximum penalty.

For the first time in his criminal history, Williams faced the possibility of life in prison without parole.

Six Children Left Behind

The most lasting damage cannot be measured in court documents.

Six children were inside the home that night.

One of them called 911.

Advocates say children who witness domestic homicide suffer:

Long-term psychological trauma

Increased risk of anxiety, depression, and PTSD

Higher likelihood of future victimization

Shantae’s children lost their mother despite her doing exactly what victims are told to do:

Report

Document

Leave

Speak up

Community Outrage and a Familiar Question

In the days following the murder, vigils were held across Palm Beach County.

The same question surfaced again and again:

Why was he free?

Advocacy groups pointed to similar cases:

Women killed days after filing reports

Restraining orders unenforced

Warrants unserved

Shantae’s case became a case study in how procedural failure becomes fatal.

What the System Says Now

In response to public pressure, local officials promised reviews of:

Domestic-violence charging practices

Warrant execution delays

Risk-assessment protocols

But for Shantae’s family, reform comes too late.

“She Did Everything Right”

Advocates emphasize a painful truth:

Leaving an abuser is often the most dangerous moment.

Restraining orders do not stop bullets.
Documentation does not guarantee protection.
Public warnings do not replace intervention.

Shantae Butts was not reckless.

She was exhausted.
She was afraid.
She was trying to survive.

A Life Reduced to a Headline — But Not a Lesson

Shantae was more than a victim.

She was:

A mother

A business owner

A woman who spoke when silence failed

Her death exposes a gap between what survivors are told and what the system delivers.

Until that gap is closed, advocates warn, Shantae will not be the last.

The Final Accounting

Little M. Williams sits in jail awaiting trial.

Shantae Butts is buried.

Six children grow up without their mother.

And Florida, once again, is left with the same unresolved truth:

Domestic violence does not escalate suddenly.
It escalates while no one stops it.