Skeletal remains found in a cooler earlier this year have been identified as Dionne Williams, a 35-year-old woman who had been reported missing from Houston’s Fifth Ward last April.
Houston police say officers responded to a suspicious package call around 5 p.m. on February 12 in the 65 block of Hirsch Road. A witness told investigators he had discovered what appeared to be human remains inside a cooler. HPD homicide detectives and investigators with the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences responded to the scene.
The remains have now been positively identified as Williams, who had last been seen in the Fifth Ward in April 2024. Her disappearance sparked months of concern from her family, who said she had stopped contacting them and missed important family events, including Mother’s Day…