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Ivy Matory
Missing Since: July 21, 1977 from Compton, California
Earlene was estranged from her husband, James Williams, at the time of her death. He is Yolanda's father. They separated after James was charged with child molestation and rape in connection with a 1976 attack on Ivy. He was questioned and released the day after the fire, but arrested for murder the next day when the autopsy results proved Earlene had been a homicide victim.
James was allegedly seen with Yolanda, Marshall, Ivy and Violet at a Denny's restaurant in Grapevine, California at 5:30 a.m. on July 21, the day after their house burned down. He was picked up by friends in Riverside, California later that day, without the children. When first questioned, James said he'd been driving to Bakersfield, California at the time of the fire, but his car broke down and he had to spend the night in it. One of his hands had a bad cut at the time of his arrest; he said he'd injured it trying to repair his car.
In August 1977, James was additionally charged with murdering the four missing children. Authorities stated it's possible they witnessed his assault on Ivy and he took them them for that reason. He was later convicted of Earlene's murder, but the outcome of the children's homicide cases is unknown. James is now deceased. The children have never been located.
Violet Bobbie Matory
http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/m/matory_violet.html
Vital Statistics at Time of Disappearance
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: Black hair, brown eyes.
Yolanda Marie Williams
http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/w/williams_yolanda.html
Vital Statistics at Time of Disappearance
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: Black hair, brown eyes. Some agencies list Williams's middle name as Maria.
Sir-Kristopher Clayton Marshall
Classification: Non-Family Abduction
Date Of Birth: September 11, 1973
Age: 3 years old
Height and Weight: 3'0, 37 pounds
Distinguishing Characteristics: 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.
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: Black hair, brown eyes.
Details of Disappearance
In 1977, Ivy lived in Compton, California with her mother, Earlene Williams; her sister, Violet B. Matory, and her half-sister, Yolanda Marie Williams. On July 20, 1977, a boy named Sir-Kristopher Marshall was spending the night in the Williams/Matory home in the 300 block of east 131st Street. At 4:30 a.m., the house caught fire and burned to the ground. Earlene's body was found inside near the front door; she had been strangled. The children were not in the residence, though. There was a trail of blood leading from the house down an alley, where it stopped. The bleeding person apparently got into a car there. Authorities determined the fire erupted in the room where all the children slept. Date Of Birth: January 12, 1965
Age: 12 years old
Height and Weight: 5'0, 90 pounds
Distinguishing Characteristics: Black hair, brown eyes.
Details of Disappearance
Earlene was estranged from her husband, James Williams, at the time of her death. He is Yolanda's father. They separated after James was charged with child molestation and rape in connection with a 1976 attack on Ivy. He was questioned and released the day after the fire, but arrested for murder the next day when the autopsy results proved Earlene had been a homicide victim.
James was allegedly seen with Yolanda, Marshall, Ivy and Violet at a Denny's restaurant in Grapevine, California at 5:30 a.m. on July 21, the day after their house burned down. He was picked up by friends in Riverside, California later that day, without the children. When first questioned, James said he'd been driving to Bakersfield, California at the time of the fire, but his car broke down and he had to spend the night in it. One of his hands had a bad cut at the time of his arrest; he said he'd injured it trying to repair his car.
In August 1977, James was additionally charged with murdering the four missing children. Authorities stated it's possible they witnessed his assault on Ivy and he took them them for that reason. He was later convicted of Earlene's murder, but the outcome of the children's homicide cases is unknown. James is now deceased. The children have never been located.
Violet Bobbie Matory
http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/m/matory_violet.html
Vital Statistics at Time of Disappearance
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: Black hair, brown eyes.
Yolanda Marie Williams
http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/w/williams_yolanda.html
Vital Statistics at Time of Disappearance
Classification: Endangered Missing
Date Of Birth: September 5, 1969
Age: 7 years old
Height and Weight: 4'0, 55 pounds
Distinguishing Characteristics: Black hair, brown eyes. Some agencies list Williams's middle name as Maria.
Sir-Kristopher Clayton Marshall
http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/m/marshall_sir-kristopher.html
Vital Statistics at Time of Disappearance
Missing Since: July 20, 1977 from Los Angeles, California Vital Statistics at Time of Disappearance
Classification: Non-Family Abduction
Date Of Birth: September 11, 1973
Age: 3 years old
Height and Weight: 3'0, 37 pounds
Distinguishing Characteristics: 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.
