Identified! SC - Charleston Co, BlkMale, 18-35, 6 ft, 165 lbs, In Cooper River, Jan 2019 - Thomas Alex Williams

[Coffee56]

Thomas Alex Williams

After searching for 18 months, coroners identify body as missing James Island man

 

[KatzEye]

Thomas Alex Williams

After searching for 18 months, coroners identify body as missing James Island man

Thank you @Coffee56 . I am happy Mr. Williams has his name back now. It was only a matter of the right person(s) seeing his eerily accurate forensic sketch for him to be identified. This gives me hope for Mostly Harmless in FL and other UIDs.

More from the article :

The unusually long search to identify Williams came from the fact that friends and family members didn’t consider him missing. He traveled frequently, his family told coroners, and didn’t use social media. He rarely carried a cellphone; it wasn’t uncommon not to hear from him.

“He was a very private man,” said Deputy Coroner Christina Harrison.

 

[Coffee56]

Thank you @Coffee56 . I am happy Mr. Williams has his name back now. It was only a matter of the right person(s) seeing his eerily accurate forensic sketch for him to be identified. This gives me hope for Mostly Harmless in FL and other UIDs.

It just takes the right share to right person. I so hope MH gets his name back.

 

[Blurgle]

Thomas Alex Williams

After searching for 18 months, coroners identify body as missing James Island man

An exceptionally good sketch. May you rest in peace, Thomas Alex Williams.

 

[Fuuro]

Wow, those reconstructions were so accurate, considering that NamUS listed the body as being decomposed beyond recognition.

This might seem farfetched, but when I initially read the description of Thomas's personality already knowing that he had been found in water, one of my first thoughts was that he might have been on the autism spectrum. I feel like that's something that would have been mentioned when they announced his identification, though. Also, it's obvious that there are plenty of non-autistic people out there who keep to themselves and don't use social media or cell phones regularly.