williams hit talia so hard it left his fist imprinted on her chest and killed her. mr. williams was convicted of murdering his daughter last year and he was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole. his stepmother delilah williams was given a reduced sentence of 20 years in prison for providing testimony against her husband. tarsha williams, talia's mother, sued the military in 2010 for the death of her daughter. her case was settled earlier this year with the department of defense agreeing to a $2 million settlement for not doing enough to save talia williams. in the course of these two proceedings, it became clear that talia williams could have been saved if one thing occurred and that is the reporting of the abuse to hawaii's welfare service branch or c.p.s. through a memorandum of understanding, m.o.u., with the state of hawaii, the department of defense established a system in which hawaii's child welfare services would be for the agency primarily responsible for intake investigation and the provision of protective services as deemed necessary to abused c