This particular Read the Lead was hard-fought-for, as well as unfortunately fraught with some mistakes owing to misperceptions on the part of sources.
Chrissy Williams, missing since December 2, 2013
Because these sources have never erred before in delivering material to us, we’ll not name them; however, it appears that THEY were mislead when they were in the process of gathering information as well. And so the question emerges: Who is issuing misleading information about the disappearance of Shawneetown woman Chrissy Williams?
Briannah Davis, whose part in some of the article was mistaken for Sarah Hazel’s
We’d like to point out at this juncture the clarification: We’ve learned since the publication of the January Special Edition that one of Williams’ last contacts, Briannah Davis, was NOT the person with whom Williams had the text conversation about Kelley Rigsby issuing what Williams perceived as a “threat” to her just a couple of days before her disappearance. That text conversation, shown here in part, was had with a Sarah Hazel. Hazel’s number was also the last one to either dial in or be dialed by Williams before she disappeared on the night of December 2, 2013, not Briannah Davis’. We apologize for any confusion said report may have caused…but we’re curious as to how TWO sources, one of them officials, was under the impression that it was Davis and not Hazel that Williams was in communication with. Who is Sarah Hazel? She is reportedly the current girlfriend on Shawneetown police officer Andy Naas, whom Williams had claimed in a letter to her son that she was currently seeing.
The story of Chrissy Williams’ disappearance isn’t getting any clearer, therefore, but is for all intents and purposes getting muddier. In the meantime, organized searched have been conducted, and law enforcement in the area are constantly coming up with more ideas on where and how to search. Recapping all that is your next Read the Lead, “Search continues for Chrissy Williams“:
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Chrissy’s sister Tami Jackson checking maps with Jodi Powers Search Team member Scott Heltsley on Saturday, January 4.
HARDIN/GALLATIN COs.—Anxious family members and friends of Chrissy Lampert Williams, the 39-year-old Shawneetown woman missing from Rosiclare since December 2, 2013, have held pickets, candlelight vigils, and massive search parties, but as of press time (Dec. 5), there hasn’t been a trace of her whereabouts found, and no clues whatsoever as to where she could be.
The effort to find Williams is a testament to the tenacity of people in southern Illinois, especially when “one of their own” is missing and there is no understandable reason that that person would disappear of her own volition.
But throughout the ordeal of Williams’ disappearance, a considerable amount of contention has arisen, this from the family toward certain law enforcement entities whom they believe could have done more to prevent the possible scenario that Williams could have come to harm.
Add that in with the accounts of the last people known to have seen Williams on the night she disappeared, and the fact that the terrain she would have been traveling across can’t exactly “hide” a large truck like the one she owned, and the mystery surrounding her disappearance deepens and grows more strange…but at the very least, accurate word is now getting out about the circumstances of the days and hours leading up to the last time anyone saw Chrissy Williams.
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To read the whole story, just click this link if you’re an e-Edition member, or follow the prompts if you’re new to the online version. Or, check the vendors list here to pick up your copy of the newest print version, which is only on stands for only two more WEEKS… you can purchase your copy in in Hardin County at ROC One-Stop in Rosiclare, and Harbison’s at Karber’s Ridge, or in Gallatin County at Patton’s at the crossroads in Junction; don’t miss out!
One of the search locations north of Rosiclare