HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Houston police have identified a woman whose skeletal remains were found in a cooler along Hirsch Road near Buffalo Bayou this February as 35-year-old Dionne Williams.
The mother of two young children was first reported missing from the Greater Fifth Ward area in 2024.
“Now we’re seeking justice. Now we need justice,” Williams’ mother, Melissa Cashaw, said.
Cashaw told ABC13 she “knew something was wrong” when her daughter failed to show up to church on Mother’s Day 2024. She said she immediately began searching for her.
However, Houston police believe Williams may have been seen by others as late as August 2024. The department is asking anyone who knows anything about where Williams was or with whom from April to August 2024 to contact its homicide division at 713-308-3600 or speak anonymously to Crime Stoppers at 713-222-TIPS.
“Release that information. We need closure,” Cashaw pleaded.
According to Houston police, it remains unclear how Williams died. Cashaw told ABC13 if her daughter was murdered, she wants the killer or killers to know that both God and her family “forgive them.”
This story comes from our news partner ABC13 Houston.