A Georgia family shockingly discovered what police say are the remains of a missing Alabama woman in their front yard.
According to the Walker County Sheriff’s Office, several bones found on the family’s lawn in northwest Georgia have been identified as parts of a human skeleton, tentatively belonging to 23-year-old Timaya Williams, who was reported missing in Montgomery in June 2024, Alabama.
The homeowner called local authorities shortly after the gruesome discovery on the night of Dec. 26 in the Cooper Heights area, about a 220-mile drive from Williams’ home. An animal had brought the bones to their garden.
An extensive search for the remainder of the skeleton involved detectives, Walker County sheriff’s deputies, the deputy coroner and a cadaver K-9 team from the Rhea County Sheriff’s Office.
The search continued before the dog-led team found the rest of the remains.
The remains were taken to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation crime laboratory for an autopsy. Walker County Sheriff Steve Wilson believes Williams’ death is a suicide after her vehicle was found abandoned in the area.
The young woman’s mother, Yaschia Williams, first reported her daughter missing in early June after she failed to return home.
The concerned mother last saw her daughter on surveillance footage showing her leaving their home around noon on June 2.