Tamera Reene Williams aka Tammy Williams is wanted by the US Department of Justice in connection with David Carter's death for mutilation, dismemberment of a dead body, tampering with evidence, and felony firearm. Carter's dismembered body was discovered in multiple bags along I-75 in Ohio in October 2018. He was killed by a single gunshot wound to the head.
Carter's ex-girlfriend, Williams, had dated him for six months before he went missing on October 2. Williams, a travel agent who worked at a medical center, had been dating David Carter, a factory worker in Michigan, for six months before he went missing.
On September 28, 2018, Tammy Williams attended Carter's son DJ's football game with Carter and his family, with DJ's mother Samia Conner telling Unsolved Mysteries. David and Tammy came to the game together, but they weren't together at the game. Carter's son DJ was supposed to stay with his father two days later, on Sunday, September 30, but both he and his mother, Samia Conner, received a text message from Carter's phone saying he was too sick to spend time with his son.
DJ was on his way to his father's house to pick up some belongings when he noticed Williams taking out the trash. DJ recalls Williams' strange behavior when she saw him that day in Unsolved Mysteries. She dashed to the apartment door. When DJ arrived at his father's house, the door was locked. She would have left it unlocked if he hadn't had a key.
DJ went on to say that Tammy Williams informed him that Carter had gone for a walk. The following day (Monday, October 1), an Ohio Department of Transportation moving crew discovered a bag containing an adult male's dismembered lower torso. Carter's body parts were discovered in multiple locations along Ohio's I-75 highway over the course of 16 days.
David Carter's friend and coworker, Roger Davis, called the Carter family on Tuesday, October 2, to inform them that Carter had been absent from work for the previous three days. After being unable to contact Carter, his family rushed to his Melvindale, Michigan, apartment, where they discovered it unlocked and Williams inside. When they entered Carter's bedroom, they discovered a blood-stained mattress and bullet holes in the closet door.
Meanwhile, David Carter was officially declared missing on Tuesday, October 2. Carter's disappearance became a homicide investigation less than 24 hours later, on Wednesday, October 3, after his body was identified. Tammy Williams was arrested as the prime suspect in Carter's death by Michigan police on Friday, October 5, but was released three days later on Monday, October 8. There was insufficient evidence against Williams at the time of her release to press charges. Three days is also the maximum period of detention for Williams without charges being filed.
Nonetheless, she was a person of interest. Following her initial release from police custody, Williams fled the state of Michigan in order to avoid any pending criminal charges as Carter's remains were being identified. The final bag containing Carter's remains was discovered on Tuesday, October 16. Tammy Williams' whereabouts are still unknown, as heard on Unsolved Mysteries. Williams fled Michigan shortly after her release, leaving little to no trace.
Additionally, Tammy Williams was spotted in Ann Arbor, Michigan, on October 16, 2018, according to Andrew Battersby of the US Marshals Task Force. She was seen withdrawing money from an ATM and eating at a restaurant. She is thought to have taken a train to Chicago and another to New York City's Penn Station. She checked into the Neptune Hotel under her own name and stayed for one night.
Furthermore, Tammy Williams was last seen leaving the hotel on October 18. As of 2022, she has yet to be found. According to FOX 2 Detroit, police believed Williams' family helped her flee by providing her with money in September 2021. Her mother was charged with embezzling more than $200,000 while serving as treasurer of the Detroit Firefighters Association.
Additionally, Unsolved Mysteries Season 3 is now streaming on Netflix.
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