Skeletal remains of a missing Alabama woman were discovered in Walker County, according to a news release from the sheriff’s office.
The remains were tentatively identified as Timaya Williams, 23, of Montgomery, Alabama, who was reported missing in June. The release states that the likely cause of death was suicide.
Williams’ vehicle had been found abandoned along Highway 193 in June and towed after being left unattended for more than a week. Montgomery authorities had not entered the vehicle into the National Crime Information Center database, the release said.
On Thursday, a homeowner in the Cooper Heights community on Highway 193 contacted authorities after an animal brought remains into their yard, the release said.
Investigators, including Walker County detectives, deputies, the deputy coroner and a cadaver K-9 team from the Rhea County Sheriff’s Office, searched a nearby wooded area overnight and located the rest of the skeletal remains.