According to Georgia police, a Montgomery woman missing since June had her abandoned car towed by highway patrol that same month, a fact that didn't alert her local law enforcement because Montgomery authorities failed to enter her vehicle into the National Crime Information Center (NCIC).
Walker County, Ga. Sheriff Steve Wilson tentatively identified Timaya Williams, 23, of Montgomery, as the body discovered by law enforcement on Thursday. The skeletal remains were brought to a homeowner's yard by an animal in Walker County, Ga., on Georgia Highway 193. Law enforcement was able to locate the rest of the remains in a nearby wooded area. Wilson stated the initial findings in the case suggested suicide as the cause of death, and a full autopsy would determine it officially.
Williams was last seen by her mother on security cameras leaving her house on June 2 around noon. Williams is not currently listed as a missing person on the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) website, so it's unclear when she was officially considered a missing person. However, investigators did say Williams was driving a blue four-door Dodge Avenger with a black ram head on the driver's side door. Central Alabama CrimeStoppers also provided a picture of the vehicle and stated that Williams' family claimed she had a "known mental health-related condition."
In a release, Sheriff Wilson stated Williams' vehicle was spotted on Georgia Highway 193 in June, the same road where her remains were discovered. Georgia State Police towed the car after staying there for over a week. Wilson said Montgomery authorities had not entered the vehicle's information into the NCIC database, which explains why her car wasn't pinged when police had it towed.
The NCIC is a computerized index of missing persons and criminal information and is designed to rapidly exchange information between criminal justice agencies.
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