Kenneth Nevada Williams: Police identify 15-yr-old 'runaway' 44 yrs after finding his body on the street
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: A 15-year-old boy, who died 44 years ago, has finally been identified by the cops. Kenneth Nevada Williams was identified as a runaway teenager, who was never reported missing. His body was discovered on June 3, 1978, along Division Street and Corona Avenue in Long Beach, almost an hour from his home in La Puente.
Williams was only known as 'John Doe' despite several generations of homicide detectives trying to identify him. Over the years, due to the lack of fresh leads, the case ran cold. Even though the boy's fingerprints were taken at that time, there was no success. However, it was only after his skeletal remains were run through a Forensic-Grade Genome test that the police finally started making progress. Authorities tracked down his family and confirmed his identity.
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Who was Kenneth Nevada Williams?
Williams' family assumed the teenager ran away from home and tried to start a new life. They tried to track him down but could not find him, despite hiring a private detective to check. Roxanne Jones, Williams' sister, reportedly said that he would often run away from home, as per ABC 7. "As soon as they said there was a familial DNA match, I knew who it was who it had to be. He wanted to live in the city and go to clubs and have fun and he just… he wasn't into drugs or anything like that, but you know, bright lights, big city," Jones reportedly said. His cause of death has not been reported so far.
