CLEVELAND — It's been three months since 15-year-old Keshaun Williams vanished after a party in Cleveland's Slavic Village neighborhood. His family's unwavering effort to find him is strengthening this week.
The reward for info on the case jumped to $10,000, and the family will be handing out missing persons fliers with the new figure on it this weekend. Keshaun went missing after a party on Gertrude Avenue near Fleet Avenue and East 65th Street on June 17.
An Amber Alert was issued for Keshaun on June 20 and remains active, with authorities investigating the matter as a "possible abduction." The organization Cleveland Missing has been supporting the family since the beginning, telling 3News Monday the reward for information on Keshaun's whereabouts was raised to $10,000 from just $1,500.
Newburgh Heights Police Chief and Cleveland Missing Board President John Majoy told us that an anonymous donor recently gave $8,500 to the reward fund in hopes it would motivate someone to come forward with critical information. This Saturday, Keshaun's family will be canvasing Slavic Village, handing out the fliers and seeking any info they can get from those in the area.
"Not everybody is aware of the case, so we're going to try to make them aware of the case," Majoy explained. "Someone might say, 'Hey, I just saw him the other day,' or, 'You know, I saw someone who saw someone,' or whatever the case is. I mean, this is how cases get solved."
He stressed that there's no giving up, especially when hearing firsthand how much the family is suffering.
"When you're having a one-on-one conversation, you look into their eyes and you see the pain," he said. "You see the hurt, you see the suffering that they're going through, and it just breaks your heart because their loved one's missing and they don't know where he's at. When you do look into their eyes, you see the hurt, you see the pain, you want to help and that's what we're going to do. We're going to help this family."
Majoy is also the chairman of Northeast Ohio AMBER Alert, and adds Keshaun's case is the longest Amber alert he's issued since taking over in 2014. Out more than 35 cases, Keshaun's is the only case that wasn't solved within 36 hours.
Anyone with information on the case is asked to immediately contact Cleveland police at (216) 621-1234 or dial 911.