AEGiS-UPI: Sister: HIV suspect felt hopeless

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Sister: HIV suspect felt hopeless

United Press International; Wednesday, October 29, 1997 - 4:31 AM EST

MAYVILLE, N.Y., Oct. 29 (UPI) _ The sister of the man accused of recklessly spreading the HIV virus to dozens of teenage girls in upstate New York says she believes he is capable of the crimes since he felt he "had nothing to live for."

Meeka Williams, the 18-year-old sister of suspect Shyteek Johnson, told television reporters she has no doubt her brother would have unprotected sex with teenage girls without telling him he was HIV- positive.

Williams was also quoted on ABC-TV affiliate station as saying, "He's a nice person, but he has another side of him that can flip out."

The suspect, who is being held in the Brooklyn House of Detention, is known as Shyteek Johnson in New York City and NuShawn Williams in Chautauqua County, where he allegedly infected dozens of girls and women.

Prosecutors say Johnson prowled playgrounds and dance floors looking for young girls willing to trade sex for drugs even after he learned he was HIV-positive and was counseled on how not to spread it to other people.

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