AMBER Alert KESHAUN WILLIAMS: Missing from Cleveland, OH - 17 June 2023 - Age 15

‘Come home’: Mom speaks out after Amber Alert issued for teen last seen at CLE party

Cleveland police say they’re investigating the disappearance of a 15-year-old boy as a possible abduction.

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‘Come home’: Mom speaks out after Amber Alert issued for teen last seen at CLE party​

Cleveland police say they’re investigating the disappearance of a 15-year-old boy as a possible abduction.

Police issued an Amber Alert just after 2 p.m. Saturday for Keshaun Williams.

The Cleveland Division of Police first issued a missing person alert Saturday morning for Williams. Williams, who also goes by Kee, was reported missing on June 20.

Williams’ mother Sherice Snowden spoke with FOX 8 Saturday afternoon regarding her missing child.

“I’m nervous, I’m fragile, I’m frantic,” Snowden said. “My child has never been away from me longer, he’s never been gone from home this long ever. This is hard — the not knowing where my child is. Not knowing if someone has him, if he’s not safe.”

Snowden said Williams first went missing after attending a house party on June 17 on Gertrude Ave. She says his location went off at Washington Park, but the SIM card was removed from his phone. Police later said he might have been kidnapped on June 23.

“Keshaun never misses church on Sunday,” Snowden said. “He never misses boxing practice. Always going to come home to eat, because he loves to eat. He would have text me; he would have called me.”

Police originally believed Keshaun may have been traveling in a black Jeep SUV with persons unknown, but confirmed late Saturday night the vehicle was not involved.

“This child is very loved, very loved, and were not letting up,” his mother said. “And I want my son to know if you see this I am not mad at you. When I see you, I’m going to hug you and hold you so tight. I want you to come home. Please if you see this Keshaun do not be scared. I promise you I just want you back home.”


MEDIA - KESHAUN WILLIAMS: Missing from Cleveland, OH - 17 June 2023 - Age 15

 

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

Community canvasses for missing Cleveland 15-year-old Keshaun Williams

Williams was first reported missing on June 20. There remains an active Amber Alert for him.

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Community canvasses for missing Cleveland 15-year-old Keshaun Williams​

A Cleveland family is continuing its months-long search for a missing teen.


There is currently a $10,000 reward for information leading to Keshaun being found.

The family has partnered up with Cleveland Missing to help with the search.

"Keshaun Williams has been missing for three months now and the thing that's interesting is that there's still an active Amber Alert of Keshaun. That Amber Alert still hasn't gone away, it's still a very active Amber Alert," said Sylvia Colon, co-founder of Cleveland Missing.

This is part of what the police have to say about the open investigation and Amber Alert.

"Currently, all the investigative leads that we have received have been vetted," Cleveland Police Public Information officer Sgt. Wilfredo Diaz said. "Our detectives are working around the clock with officers and federal partners to go through every single lead that we get."

Keshaun's mother is very thankful for the community support she's gotten in today's canvassing and beyond... here's the message she wants to share with her son.

"Keshaun if you're watching this we want you to come home. It's okay. If anyone has seen him, it's okay to call the police, you can remain anonymous," she said.

You can call the Cleveland Division of Police at 216-623-5400 and remain anonymous.

 

[GrandmaBear]

Community canvasses for missing Cleveland 15-year-old Keshaun Williams

Williams was first reported missing on June 20. There remains an active Amber Alert for him.

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Community canvasses for missing Cleveland 15-year-old Keshaun Williams​

A Cleveland family is continuing its months-long search for a missing teen.


There is currently a $10,000 reward for information leading to Keshaun being found.

The family has partnered up with Cleveland Missing to help with the search.

"Keshaun Williams has been missing for three months now and the thing that's interesting is that there's still an active Amber Alert of Keshaun. That Amber Alert still hasn't gone away, it's still a very active Amber Alert," said Sylvia Colon, co-founder of Cleveland Missing.

This is part of what the police have to say about the open investigation and Amber Alert.

"Currently, all the investigative leads that we have received have been vetted," Cleveland Police Public Information officer Sgt. Wilfredo Diaz said. "Our detectives are working around the clock with officers and federal partners to go through every single lead that we get."

Keshaun's mother is very thankful for the community support she's gotten in today's canvassing and beyond... here's the message she wants to share with her son.

"Keshaun if you're watching this we want you to come home. It's okay. If anyone has seen him, it's okay to call the police, you can remain anonymous," she said.

You can call the Cleveland Division of Police at 216-623-5400 and remain anonymous.

I think they need to do better at the anonymous thing. You can remain anonymous but the number you are calling is the Cleveland Division of Police would not assure me and I'm not someone with anyone to hide or worries about coming forward to the cops even with that assurance.

 

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

Amber Alert still active for missing Cleveland teen

Keshaun Williams, 15, was last seen June 17.

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Amber Alert still active for missing Cleveland teen​

The National Crime Information Center received reports for more than 337,000 missing children in 2022, according to the FBI.

In the most serious cases of child abduction, law enforcement officers can activate Amber Alerts to ask the public’s help in bringing an endangered child home.

Most are found within hours, but in the case of Keshaun Williams, 15, loved ones are still praying for his safe return more than three months after the initial Amber Alert.

Hearing about the missing Cleveland teen hit close to home for Denise Galloway.

“Because this could be my grandson,” she said, while canvassing the Slavic Village area near where Williams was last seen.

Volunteers distributed flyers in hopes of driving in some more leads for Cleveland Police Det. Ryan Corrigan.

“You see that it looks run down and a lot of vacant houses, but in between all these houses there’s good citizens and good people that still care and want this boy to come home safe,” he said.


Corrigan said some of Williams' friends reported seeing him a few days later beaten up in the back of a vehicle at a gas station a few blocks away. That prompted officers to issue an Amber Alert.


Alona Miles, Williams' grandmother, is thankful for that show of support.

“I feel like someone is holding him against his will, and I pray to God one day they just release him,” she said. “I don’t know why they would take him, but for whatever reason, I hope they let him go.”

A recent donation raised the reward amount to $10,000 for information leading to the safe recovery of Williams. Contact Cleveland Police with any information.

 

[GrandmaBear]

Seriously, what are they doing in this case and have they gotten anywhere??

Not a hint or sign of him and not found.

Maybe they are hard at work behind the scenes but I don't see LE putting a thing out in trying to find him. It "feels" like they are dong nothing.

 

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

Reward increased for missing teen Keshaun Williams

Nearly four months after 15-year-old Keshaun Williams went missing, federal authorities have increased reward money for information on his whereabouts.

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Reward increased for missing teen Keshaun Williams​

Nearly four months after 15-year-old Keshaun Williams went missing, federal authorities have increased reward money for information on his whereabouts.

U.S. Marshals have added $2,500 in additional reward money to the $10,000 offered by Cleveland Missing, bringing the total to $12,500, according to a Monday news release.


Anyone with information on Williams’ whereabouts is urged to call the Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force at 1-866-4WANTED (866-492-6833). Tips can also be provided on the U.S. Marshals website. Tipsters can remain anonymous.

 

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

Finding Keshaun: Investigators discuss search for missing Cleveland teen in new ‘Dark Side’ podcast

Witnesses told police they saw the 15-year-old tied up and beaten inside of a car, which led to what has now become Ohio’s longest active Amber Alert.

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Finding Keshaun: Investigators discuss search for missing Cleveland teen in new ‘Dark Side’ podcast​

Keshaun Williams has been missing for more than 100 days now.

He vanished after going to a party in his Cleveland neighborhood on June 17.

Witnesses later told police they saw him tied up and beaten inside of a car, which led to what has now become Ohio’s longest active Amber Alert.

In the latest episode of the 19 News true crime podcast, Dark Side of the Land, investigative reporter Sara Goldenberg sits down with Cleveland Police and the U.S. Marshals Service for an update on the search for Keshaun.


Investigators are convinced somebody out there knows something that can help bring him home.

A cash reward stands at up to $15,000 for information leading to the whereabouts of Keshaun Williams.

You can contact the Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force at 1-866-4-WANTED or submit a tip online.

Tipsters can remain anonymous.


“Finding Keshaun” is available on all major podcast platforms, including SoundCloud, Spotify, Apple, or wherever you listen to podcasts.

 

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

Reward money increased to $22,500 for Cleveland teen missing since June

It's been nearly five months since 15-year-old Keshaun Williams went missing. To try and help find him, authorities have increased the reward money being offered.

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Reward money increased to $22,500 for Cleveland teen missing since June​

It's been nearly five months since 15-year-old Keshaun Williams went missing. To try and help find him, authorities have increased the reward money being offered to $22,500.

The reward was increased following an anonymous community member's donation and an increase in money from the U.S. Marshals Service.

 

[Kimster]

I was reading an article somewhere that stated large rewards can help peak the interest of bounty hunters. I never thought of that angle before, but it makes sense.

 

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

'I miss your smile': Mother of missing 15-year-old pleas for tips to bring him home safely

Sherice Snowden said the last time she spoke to her son was June 17. He never returned home from a party in the Fleet and Gertrude Avenues area in Cleveland's Slavic Village neighborhood.

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'I miss your smile': Mother of missing 15-year-old pleas for tips to bring him home safely​

Sherice Snowden said the last time she spoke to her son was June 17. He never returned home from a party in the Fleet and Gertrude Avenues area in Cleveland's Slavic Village neighborhood. Friday, Snowden made another plea for tips on the whereabouts of her son, who has been missing for nearly five months.

Snowden told reporters she needs to know where her son is. Through tears, she spoke directly to her son.

"I just miss waiting for you to walk through that door (and) taking you to boxing practice. I miss your smile. I want to hear your voice. Keshaun, if you see this, please come home. I love you. I'm waiting for you because I know you're going to walk through that door," she said.

Slyvia Colon, co-founder of the Cleveland Family Center for Missing Children and Adults, was also at the news conference.

"We have a lot of missing people, and Keshawn is a great kid. And he's loved not only by his mom but his entire family and his friends and his extended family, and they just want him to come home," Colon said.

Wednesday was Snowden's birthday. Her wish was for her son to come home safely.

Family of missing Cleveland teen Keshaun Williams speaks out

It’s been more than 140 days since 15-year-old Keshaun Williams went missing. His family is now speaking out.

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Family of missing Cleveland teen Keshaun Williams speaks out​

It’s been more than 140 days since 15-year-old Keshaun Williams went missing, and there have been no good leads on his whereabouts.

Williams’ mother Sherice Snowden, spoke at a Friday, Nov. 10, media briefing at the Newburgh Heights Village Hall along Harvard Avenue.

“I was expecting that with the reward money, someone would come forward with some information,” she said. “You can let a friend of a family know and tell someone else. It really doesn’t matter. I really don’t need to know who it came from. I just need to know where my son is.”

The monetary reward for information that helps bring the missing teen home is now up to $22,500. On top of the initial $10,000 reward, the United States Marshals Service has pledged an additional $5,000 and an anonymous person has also pledged another $5,000. In October, an anonymous donor also contributed $2,500.

Williams, who goes by “Kee,” has been missing since June 20, after he went to a house party and never returned, according to his mother, Sherice Snowden. An Amber Alert remains in effect. It’s the longest-running Amber Alert in the state’s history.

Snowden read an open letter to her son on Friday:

“I miss the days we would eat breakfast together, watch movies. I just miss seeing you in the morning when you wake up. I miss waiting for you to talk through that door, taking you to boxing practice. I miss the sound of your voice,” she said.

“Keshaun, if you see this, please come home. I love you and I’m waiting for you and I know you’re going to walk through that door.”

 

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

Part 2 of the Podcast above has been released.

 

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

Ohio Attorney General: “If it’s one child that’s missing, that’s one child too many.”

Missing teen Keshaun Williams, hasn't been seen since June 17, 2023. December 9 was his 16th birthday.

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Ohio Attorney General: “If it’s one child that’s missing, that’s one child too many.”​

Ohio’s ‘Top Cop’ is speaking up about the number of missing children in Northeast Ohio.

This comes as investigators continue to search for Keshaun Williams, who’s been missing for almost 6 months.

Saturday December 9 was his 16th birthday and the teen should be celebrating but he’s still missing.

His mother and family members are heartbroken.

“I miss your smile, I want to hear your voice. Keshaun if you see this, please come home,” said Sherice Snowden, Keshaun’s mother.

Family members of Keshaun Williams held a press conference last month.

The U.S. Marshals and an anonymous community member have pledged even more reward money for information leading to the whereabouts of missing teen Keshaun Williams.

The reward money is now at $22,500.

 

[GrandmaBear]

Maybe they are just keeping it all quiet but it is hard to buy LE is hard at work doing anything much to find this boy. I hope that isn't the case.

 

[Regina]

So when was he expected to be home compared to when he was last seen and the call to the aunt? And where was he last seen in relation to Washington Park?

 

[Regina]

Maybe they are just keeping it all quiet but it is hard to buy LE is hard at work doing anything much to find this boy. I hope that isn't the case.

Well, was there a search beyond going door-to-door?

 

[Mel70]

I still have the opinion that something happened to him at the party. Described as a good young man. That seems like the most plausible explanation. And teens are just after saving their own azzes. So they covered it up. And aren't talking. And the ones who weren't involved in it, But saw something like, Or know about it, Aren't going to talk either.

 

[Regina]

I still have the opinion that something happened to him at the party. Described as a good young man. That seems like the most plausible explanation. And teens are just after saving their own azzes. So they covered it up. And aren't talking. And the ones who weren't involved in it, But saw something like, Or know about it, Aren't going to talk either.

But info from LE is that he'd left the party.

 

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

Search underway in Newburgh Heights for missing Cleveland teen Keshaun Williams

Keshaun Williams, 16, hasn't been seen since June 17, 2023.

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Search underway in Newburgh Heights for missing Cleveland teen Keshaun Williams​

Authorities are searching Thursday in Newburgh Heights in connection to missing teenager Keshaun Williams.

Cleveland police and the U.S. Marshals Service searched in a wooded area and creek bed near I-77 and Fleet Avenue.


19 News Reporter Brittany Wier said authorities were gathered in a church parking lot near Fleet Avenue and East 50th Street.

A police official there confirmed it was in connection to Williams’ case. Police said this is a search effort, not a recovery.

Police told 19 News crews including cadaver dogs searched Thursday morning for two-and-a-half hours.

It’s a vacant area authorities said the clearing of leaves and brush has now better allowed them to search.

Investigators are convinced somebody out there knows something that can help bring him home.

The reward money is now at $22,500.

 

[Summer_Breeze]

Can AI help find, reunite missing persons with loved ones? News 5 looks into FL woman's new project

In September 2023, Brynn Bowser started posting online videos of missing persons utilizing AI software. The videos include an image and likeness of the missing person explaining their own case.

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By: Damon Maloney
Posted at 10:59 PM, Jan 26, 2024
and last updated 12:10 AM, Jan 27, 2024
Could artificial intelligence help find and reunite missing persons with their loved ones? A Florida woman thinks so and is working to bring new attention to cases in Cleveland and across the country.

“Hi, my name is Keshaun Williams. I'm 15 years old,” states a video posted on Facebook under the Justice Messenger account. “I was living in Cleveland, Ohio with my family at the time of my disappearance,” the video states. “It was June 17, 2023."

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Brynn Bowser created the AI video featuring Williams' case and has produced many others.

"It's a whole new way of sharing a missing child story," Bowser said.

Bowser spoke to News 5 Anchor Damon Maloney via Zoom from her Florida home.

“What is your greatest hope?” Maloney asked.

“To find a child,” Bowser said.

She said traditionally, a missing person flyer may go out into the community, or a photograph with a synopsis will be posted online. But Bowser argues the AI videos she’s creating are a new age way of sharing critical information that’s more captivating and efficient.

She said the idea came about after watching the movie Sound of Freedom, which tackles the topic of child sex trafficking and studying the power of artificial intelligence and algorithms.

“They (online users) watch it. They’re contributing to the algorithm. It’s gonna push it again- even more to somebody else,” Bowser said.

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More at link. ~Summer

 

[Regina]

Can AI help find, reunite missing persons with loved ones? News 5 looks into FL woman's new project

In September 2023, Brynn Bowser started posting online videos of missing persons utilizing AI software. The videos include an image and likeness of the missing person explaining their own case.

www.news5cleveland.com

I'm not fond of that idea, I don't find it "compelling" and I don't see how it's effective.
What I think is helpful are re-enactments of what LE's determined- not speculated but ascertained to the best of their knowledge- to have been the last known movements of the missing person.

 

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

Amber Alert remains in effect for missing Cleveland teen Keshaun Williams nearly 8 months later

A reward worth $22,500 is still being offered to anybody with information in the case.

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Amber Alert remains in effect for missing Cleveland teen Keshaun Williams nearly 8 months later​

It has now been nearly eight months since an Amber Alert was issued for missing teen Keshaun Williams in Cleveland.

While authorities continue their efforts to find the 16-year-old boy, there haven't been new developments in the case.

"The challenge with this case is that it’s going on for so long," Newburgh Heights Police Chief John Majoy tells 3News.

Majoy, who also serves as board president for Cleveland Missing says there is still a $22,500 reward being offered for information in the case.

"Somebody knows something at some place, and we have to really rely upon that," Majoy says. "We really hope somebody is willing to come forward. They can remain anonymous. We can protect their identity. But there’s a family looking for answers. There’s a family that’s hurting. We really want to try and help them."