Cadaver dogs point to creek as location
Wanda King has been searching for answers — and her son — since he disappeared July 24, 2015.
On Monday, she found her peace.
Search dogs located what are believed to be Glenn Calvin Williams’ remains in a creek in Lawrence County.
“The dog got in the water and he started jumping up and down and wagging his tail. He was letting us know that there is where Glenn is at,” King said as she sat on the porch of her Foxworth home Monday afternoon. “He’s in the water. They probably will never recover his remains he’s so far down in the water. I imagine that it will be an undetermined death. We’re going to work to have him declared dead. I’m supposed to get a call to get all of this paperwork done.”
One of the cadaver dogs, which are trained to smell out bodies, came up to the grieving mother afterward.
“Peace came over me when I saw what that dog did. That was my peace in my heart. The dog came up to me and nudged me on my knee,” she said. “I guess he was letting me know that he’s OK and wanting to know if I was OK. He wanted to touch me to make sure that I was OK. It was amazing.”
It’s the end of a 35-month ordeal. Williams, who was 32 at the time of his disappearance, was discovered not far from the area where he had reportedly last been seen. Williams had gone to a friend’s house near Jayess. King said his girlfriend had dropped him off and he hadn’t been seen since that summer day nearly three years ago.
“He was found in Jayess off Sartinville Road,” Wanda King said. “It was the same place where I thought he was. Search Dog South brought the dogs in; they did what they had to do. He’s buried in a creek; a tree fell on top of him.”
King thanked Marion County officials for their diligence in the case.
“They’ve done everything,” she said of the Marion County Sheriff’s Office. “They have questioned people; they’ve worked hard. I’m proud for what they have done. We really don’t know if there was foul play. It’s probably going to be an undetermined death because of the way he was found. I’ll probably never know that answer.”
Pete Williams, captain of investigations for the Marion County Sheriff’s Office, said they had been to the location several times.
“We had a location of interest from the investigation,” he said. “This is the second time we’ve had the dog there. The dog team is from North Mississippi. The dog showed a location of interest twice. We have a location of interest as to where his remains could be. She (Wanda King) is at peace because that’s where he’s at. We all worked it, but Matt (Brown) took the lead in this.”
King said her son’s last communications were 911 calls.
“He dialed 911 and said where he was at at the tree,” she said. “He made three 911 calls begging for help. Lawrence County couldn’t find him. They didn’t do anything for him. Walthall County followed up, but he was found in Lawrence County. Marion County got involved. Brandon Carney is the one who got this case wide open. He is the one that did everything he could for me. He got this case going. I appreciate Matt Brown and Pete Williams. Matt’s son came out there and helped with the search.”
King now has lost both of her sons. Her youngest son, Bobby N. King, was killed in a motorcycle accident on Dec. 8, 2014, on Mississippi 586. Glenn Williams came up missing seven months later.
“They are probably trouble up there,” King said. “God’s probably saying, ‘Boys, I wish y’all would behave.’ Those two – they were a handful. They couldn’t get together without playing and jumping on each other. I would have to get on them all of the time that they were going to hurt each other. They’d just say, ‘Oh, mama, just leave us alone.’ I’ve got a lot of good memories of those boys together. Me and Glenn have a lot of bad memories and good memories. There were some days we couldn’t stand each other because we were alike. He knew I loved him, and he loved me.”
Now the mother said she wants friends and family to remember Williams and intends to hold a memorial service. But she’s going to leave his remains where they’re at.
“He’s under a little shade tree and he’s in the water. I want to let him rest,” she said. “It’s been a long hard struggle day after day wondering where he was at. Many sleepless nights and many tears fell from these eyes. Maybe now I can lie down at night.”
Pictured Above: In this file photo, Wanda King holds a photo of her son, Glenn Calvin Williams, who had been missing since 2015. King said cadaver dogs located what she is positive are her son’s remains. “I’m at peace,” she said. “Maybe now I can lie down at night.” | Photo by Mark Rogers
