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HUMAN REMAINS FOUND IN WALKER COUNTY THURSDAY NIGHT

PRESS RELEASE – Walker County Sheriff Steve Wilson, announced on Friday that skeletal remains of a human were found in the yard of a home owner located on Highway 193 in the Cooper Heights community late Thursday.

The homeowner called 911 after an animal brought the remains into the yard.

Walker County detectives, deputies, deputy coroner and Rhea County Tn Sheriff’s Office, Cadaver K9 worked into early Friday morning to find the remaining human skeleton in a nearby wooded area.

The human remains will be sent to the G.B.I. crime lab for an Autopsy. The initial findings are that the death was a suicide, according to Sheriff Wilson.

The remains have tentatively been identified as those of Timaya Williams, age 23 years of Montgomery, AL. Ms. Williams had been missing from Montgomery, AL since June 2024.

The vehicle that Ms. Williams was driving was left abandoned on the right of way of Highway 193 in early June 2024. The vehicle was towed by the G.S.P. after being left abandoned for over a week. Montgomery, AL authorities had not entered the vehicle on NCIC, Sheriff Wilson advised.

Sheriff Steve Wilson would like to express his appreciation to Rhea County Sheriff Mike Neal and his deputies who assisted in the search.

Contact for information:

Captain Richie Dye

706-670-1988

rdye@walkerso.com

Emma Dunn

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