SheWhoMustNotBeNamed
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Violet Matory
Missing Since: July 21, 1977 from Compton, California
Classification: Endangered Missing
Date Of Birth: September 22, 1967
Age: 9 years old
Height and Weight: 5'0, 115 pounds
Distinguishing Characteristics: African-American female. Black hair, brown eyes
Ivy Matory
Missing Since: July 21, 1977 from Compton, California
Classification: Endangered Missing
Date Of Birth: January 12, 1965
Age: 12 years old
Height and Weight: 5'0, 90 pounds
Distinguishing Characteristics: African-American female. Black hair, brown eyes
Yolanda Williams
Missing Since: July 19, 1977 from Los Angeles County, California
Classification: Endangered Missing
Date Of Birth: September 5, 1969
Age: 7 years old
Height and Weight: 4'0, 55 pounds
Distinguishing Characteristics: African-American female. Black hair, brown eyes. Some agencies list Williams's middle name as Maria
Sir-Kristopher Marshall
Missing Since: July 20, 1977 from Los Angeles, California
Classification: Non-Family Abduction
Date Of Birth: September 11, 1973
Age: 3 years old
Height and Weight: 3'0, 37 pounds
Distinguishing Characteristics: African-American male. Brown hair, brown eyes. Marshall has a four-inch-long scar on his back. He has scar tissue on both of his feet and on his ankles. He is biracial; African-American and Caucasian. Marshall has a very light complexion
Details of Disappearance
Marshall spent the night of July 20, 1977 at a friend's residence in Los Angeles County, California. Earlene Williams, her husband James Williams, and the children Ivy Matory, Violet B. Matory, and Yolanda Marie Williams all lived inside the residence. Ivy and Violet were Earlene's daughters by a previous relationship; Yolanda was Earlene and James's child which they had together.
On the night of July 20, the Williams/Matory residence burned down. Earlene's body was found inside; she was the victim of a homicide. James, Yolanda, Marshall, and the Matory children were not there, however. James was seen with Yolanda, Marshall, Ivy and Violet at a Denny's restaraunt in Grapevine, California at 5:30 a.m. on July 21, the day after their house burned down. None of the children have ever been seen or heard from again. James was picked up by friends in Riverside, California later that day, without the children. He was later convicted of Earlene's murder, but he never revealed the whereabouts of the children and was never charged in their cases.
James is now deceased. Yolanda, Ivy, Violet, and Marshall's cases all remain unsolved.
Investigating Agency
If you have any information concerning this case, please contact:
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Office
323-890-5500
NCMEC