By Gordon Byrd
Dec 21, 2020
BRADENTON Detectives with the Manatee County Sheriff s Office used old data and new technology to solve the cold case murder of a 16 year old girl from Hardee County that happened 14 years ago.
Ralph Williams, now 36, and his 32-year-old brother Tyjuan Williams are charged with the murder of Amber Woods. Her body was found along State Road 62 in Manatee County, February 11, 2006. Her aunt last saw her alive at their home a few hours earlier.
An autopsy found Amber Woods died from a gunshot wound.
From the beginning, detectives say they knew that Ralph Williams wanted to end the relationship. Amber s friends say he believed she was pregnant. which the autopsy showed was not true. They found a text that seemed to show he was concerned about facing criminal charges because Amber was underage. They didn t have enough evidence to build a case. They had cellphone data in their notes but had no way to process all of it.
By Gordon Byrd
Dec 21, 2020
BRADENTON Detectives with the Manatee County Sheriff s Office used old data and new technology to solve the cold case murder of a 16 year old girl from Hardee County that happened 14 years ago.
Ralph Williams, now 36, and his 32-year-old brother Tyjuan Williams are charged with the murder of Amber Woods. Her body was found along State Road 62 in Manatee County, February 11, 2006. Her aunt last saw her alive at their home a few hours earlier.
An autopsy found Amber Woods died from a gunshot wound.
From the beginning, detectives say they knew that Ralph Williams wanted to end the relationship. Amber s friends say he believed she was pregnant. which the autopsy showed was not true. They found a text that seemed to show he was concerned about facing criminal charges because Amber was underage. They didn t have enough evidence to build a case. They had cellphone data in their notes but had no way to process all of it.
By Gordon Byrd
Dec 21, 2020
BRADENTON Detectives with the Manatee County Sheriff s Office used old data and new technology to solve the cold case murder of a 16 year old girl from Hardee County that happened 14 years ago.
Ralph Williams, now 36, and his 32-year-old brother Tyjuan Williams are charged with the murder of Amber Woods. Her body was found along State Road 62 in Manatee County, February 11, 2006. Her aunt last saw her alive at their home a few hours earlier.
An autopsy found Amber Woods died from a gunshot wound.
From the beginning, detectives say they knew that Ralph Williams wanted to end the relationship. Amber s friends say he believed she was pregnant. which the autopsy showed was not true. They found a text that seemed to show he was concerned about facing criminal charges because Amber was underage. They didn t have enough evidence to build a case. They had cellphone data in their notes but had no way to process all of it.
By Gordon Byrd
Dec 21, 2020
BRADENTON Detectives with the Manatee County Sheriff s Office used old data and new technology to solve the cold case murder of a 16 year old girl from Hardee County that happened 14 years ago.
Ralph Williams, now 36, and his 32-year-old brother Tyjuan Williams are charged with the murder of Amber Woods. Her body was found along State Road 62 in Manatee County, February 11, 2006. Her aunt last saw her alive at their home a few hours earlier.
An autopsy found Amber Woods died from a gunshot wound.
From the beginning, detectives say they knew that Ralph Williams wanted to end the relationship. Amber s friends say he believed she was pregnant. which the autopsy showed was not true. They found a text that seemed to show he was concerned about facing criminal charges because Amber was underage. They didn t have enough evidence to build a case. They had cellphone data in their notes but had no way to process all of it.
Brothers charged with murder in death of Hardee County teen
Nearly 15 years after the murder of a Hardee County teen, investigators have charged two brothers with the crime.
and last updated 2020-12-21 17:42:20-05
MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. â Nearly 15 years after the murder of a Hardee County teen, investigators have charged two brothers with the crime.
In February 2006, the body of 16-year-old Amber Woods was discovered about 20 feet off the south side of State Route 62 about three miles west of the Hardee County line.
Detectives say she was shot in her back and have continued to follow leads for years.
On Monday, the Manatee County Sheriff announced brothers Ralph Williams, 36, and Tyjuan Williams, 32, have been charged with Woodsâ murder.