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Missing Wendell Williams 
Williams, approximately 2001 Date reported missing : 06/13/2001 Missing location (approx) : St. Croix, Virgin Islands Missing classification : Endangered Missing Gender : Male Ethnicity : Black Age at the time of disappearance: 49 years old Height / Weight : 5'9, 190 pounds Description, clothing, jewerly and more : Short green pants and a red shirt. Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos : African-American male. Graying black hair. Williams had a beard at the time of his disappearance. His nicknames are Lazee and Willow. Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : Williams, a police officer who'd been with the Virgin Islands Police Department for eighteen years, was last seen in St. Croix, the Virgin Islands on June 13, 2001, after completing his midnight shift at work. He has never been heard from again. He was not reported missing for a week. On June 25, his black and silver 2001 Suzuki Vitara was found in a remote area in Estate Castle Burke. It had been severely burned. In February 2012, authorities arrested five individuals in Williams's murder: Maximiliano Velasquez, Juan G. Velasquez, Jose G. Ventura, Sharima Clercent and Jose M. Rivera Jr. Investigators believe he was kidnapped, taken to an abandoned property in Grapetree Bay, tortured with electricity and shot to death. His body was allegedly dismembered with a power saw, the parts placed in bags and dumped in the Caribbean Sea about two miles northeast of Buck Island. In February 2014, Ventura and Rivera were convicted of murder, while Clercent and both Juan and Maximiliano Velasquez were acquitted. Williams's body has not been located. Foul play is suspected in his case due to the circumstances involved. Other information and links : ncy Virgin Islands Police Department 340-778-2211 September 2021 updates and sources Virgin Islands Police Department The Virgin Islands Daily News The Washington Post USA Today The St. Croix Source October 12, 2004. January 1, 2015; Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : updated. |