Law enforcement agencies are teaming up to assist a Wayne County family in getting the public’s help in finding out details concerning the March 6 murder of a Clara woman who was killed in her home.
Metro Crime Stoppers has announced that it’s teaming up with the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation (MBI), the Wayne County Sheriff’s Department (WCSO), and Wayne County Crime Stoppers, to help the family of Janie Broadway Williams get public help.
The agencies are offering a $2,000 reward for information concerning the early morning murder.
Diane James, coordinator of the Metro Crime Stoppers and Southeast MS Crime Stoppers, said the “Metro Crime Stoppers was initially contacted (about the case) by Trish Harbour in Jackson.”
Harbour is the state director of the Division of Crime Stoppers for the Mississippi Department of Public Safety.
“I spoke with our Metro Crime Stoppers Board President, Mr. Charlie McAffrey, and Mr. McAffrey was very supportive,” James said. “He expressed that we (Metro Crime Stoppers) will be glad to help out with the networking involved with the media, the community, and the various law enforcement to hopefully help solve this case.”
Williams was murdered at around 1 a.m., the morning of Thursday, March 6th, 2008 inside her home on Red Brown Drive in Clara near Waynesboro.
Officials reported that Williams and her husband, Ken Williams, were the only people in the home at the time that a bullet entered the house through a kitchen window.
“The shot came through the kitchen window as Williams stood in front of her refrigerator,” Investigator Ricky Lott with the MBI said in a press release. “A high power rifle was used to fire the fatal shot. “
Lott and Investigator Mike Mozingo with the WCSO are the lead investigators in the case.
Williams and her husband co-owned the High Noon Bar in Waynesboro.
James said hotline information makes a difference.
“The very first crime stoppers case ever solved in the United States (C.S is now worldwide) was solved with help from a hotline tipster, over 30 years ago in Albuquerque, New Mexico,” James said. “It was a cold case murder like this one in Waynesboro, so I feel confident the public will get involved and hopefully someone with vital information about this murder will come forth and call one of the tip hotline numbers.”
Officials said all calls/tips on this case should go to the MS State Crime Stoppers Tip Hotline at 1-888-8CRIMES (1-888-827-4637) or METRO CRIME STOPPERS AT 601-582-STOP(7867).
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