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THURSDAY,
APRIL 17, 2014
VOLUME 108, No.14
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MOTHER OF TWO FOUND DEAD
MONICA WILLIAMS, mother of Miranda Williams, said that she spoke to her daughter the very night that she met her tragic death. Little did she know that that would have been their last contact. According to Williams, she was not at home on Friday and last saw Miranda on Thursday of last week, as she was making her way out. The body of 34-year-old Rillan Hill resident Miranda Williams, was discovered with a gunshot wound to the chest, in a remote area in Vermont known as Hope Flat, by a resident of that area. “I am trying, I asking God for the faith to keep me strong because it’s not easy because Miranda wasn’t sick to say that they called me and tell me she dead,” the woman said. “Somebody take her life, and now she has gone and left her two children,” Monica Williams continued. The grieving mother said that she got the tragic news of her daughter’s death on Saturday morning. She said that she visited Miranda’s workplace on Saturday, but was told that she had not yet reported for work. Taking nothing of it, the woman said she went about her usual business, and it was not until she was making her way home, that she received confirmation that a body was discovered, and that it was that of her daughter. “I said no, no. I did not believe that it was her.”
Her daughter’s death came as a shock to her, Monica told THE VINCENTIAN. “It came as a shock, I was not looking for this because she was not sick.” the mother said. Miranda never indicated to her that she was having any problems, Monica explained. She went on further to say that she often heard Miranda speaking to her siblings, but she never communicated directly to her (mother) that she was having any problems. Miranda was described as a well loved person. “She was very kind, very nice — she loved her children,” Monica Williams said. She said that she and the rest of the family would like justice for Miranda because she did not deserve to die in such a manner. On Monday, family and friends of Miranda gathered at the spot where her body was discovered, to celebrate the life of a person they said was a good person. Tazwea Carter, cousin of Miranda, said that the family had been supporting each other since her passing. “Miranda, she is a sunshine — she was always in a good mood,” Carter said. “She always made everyone smile; she never showed a bad face and she was always smiling,” the young woman continued.
Monica Williams is still trying to come to grips with the tragic loss of her daughter Miranda.
She too said that Miranda loved her five and twelve-year-old children. Up to Tuesday this week, no one was charged in connection with the crime, but it was confirmed that someone was assisting the police with their investigation. Miranda’s death and that of Sion Hill resident Roger Bramble bring the homicide figure for the year to eleven.
Miranda Williams was discovered dead, her body showing signs of a bullet wound to her chest.
Family, friends and well-wishers held a candle light vigil at the spot where Miranda’s body was discovered.