MONTICELLO — Wanda King has spent more than three years wondering where her son, Glenn Calvin Williams, is.
The 54-year-old from Foxworth travels often to the spot along a creek on Felix Sartin Road in Lawrence County where Williams, then 31, was last heard from on three 911 calls on July 24, 2015.
“I know he’s out there,” she said. “I go out there every chance I get. I drink the water from that creek. I feel my son in that creek. I’ve searched it over and over.”
Cadaver dogs have been brought in several times and possibly hit on something, though no body has been recovered. Now King wants answers.
In Lawrence County Sheriff Lessie Butler’s office she joined Diane James of Metro Crime Stoppers Thursday afternoon and urged the public to come forward with any information.
Holding a picture of Williams’ son, Cage Dickerson, 3, who now lives in Idaho, she spoke about the case.
“Some day he’ll want to know what happened to his daddy,” she said as tears ran down her face.
James said she and Butler wanted to get Metro Crime Stoppers involved after the sheriff attended a recent meeting of the organization that serves Marion, Lawrence, Lamar, Forrest and Covington counties and spoke about the case.
“What we want to do is bring closure for Ms. King,” Butler said. “Somebody somewhere has got something on it. Cadaver dogs have been brought out several times and still haven’t come up with anything firm. We have decided to publicize it. I got to talking with Diane and we thought we might be able to come up with something to go on.”
James said tips are anonymous and can be called in to the Metro Crime Stoppers hotline at (601) 582-7867 (STOP) or sent via internet at www.p3tips.com/364.
“We are encouraging people to use the p3tips site,” James said. “It’s totally anonymous and it can’t be tracked. They get an ID number and can claim a reward. We’re going to give a reward for the recovery of remains or an arrest in this case. In many cases rewards for drug activity and other smaller cases are $250, but for something like this it would be closer to $1,000. We’re even able to dialog with people online and ask questions or answer them. We have some cash we want to spend around this county.”
James said she’s hopeful tips will come in to help investigators piece together what exactly happened on that July day three years ago.
“We want to give this woman hope,” she said. “She has been through so much. She deserves someone to come forward and give her peace.”
King said the three years since she heard from Glenn have been agonizing.
“I want closure,” she said. “I want answers. I want somebody to come forward and speak.”
Butler said the case began before he took office, but that he had been studying it and wants to get it solved.
“We had a 911 call, well, three 911 calls that came into Walthall County from Williams,” he said. “The location wasn’t clear if it was between Walthall, Marion or Lawrence counties. Marion County investigators started the case. They were working it. There was really no way to distinguish where the calls were coming from. It ended up in Lawrence County. It kind of moved to Lawrence County. I ended up talking with Mrs. King. Divers couldn’t come up with anything in the creek. We thought maybe a tip might be a better way.”
King said she listened to one of the three calls her son made to Walthall County.
“He said he was lost,” she said. “He said he needed an ambulance.”
Butler said he had been piecing together reports from the various agencies.
“We’ve got all the Marion County files,” he said. “Apparently he was in car coming up here and there was drug activity in the car. He jumped out of the car. He ran down into the woods toward a culvert. That was the last time his girlfriend (Patricia Dickerson) saw him. Marion County did polygraphs on everyone, but they weren’t conclusive. If we can get some tips coming in, we have a better chance of getting something solid. We have a better chance of finding the answers.”
King has a simple message for anyone who sees the Crime Stoppers offer or reads stories about the case.
“Please come forward; that’s all I’m asking,” she said. “His son wasn’t even born yet when he disappeared. Glenn was a fun-loving person. He came up with jokes. He loved card tricks. He loved life. He was just Glenn.”
The day before his disappearance, King saw her son at the store.
“He acted like something was bothering him,” she said. “He got in the car and left … that was the last time I ever saw him. If I could just hear that voice one more time …”
Butler said he will await any tips, but also plans to bring the cadaver dogs back one more time.
“We want to bring her some closure,” he said. “If the case leads to us discovering a crime has been committed then we will pursue what we’ve got. Maybe somebody will give us a tip that helps us unlock this case.”
