Jerry Michael Williams, known as Mike, was 31 when he disappeared on December 16, 2000, during a duck hunting trip on Lake Seminole, Florida. At first his disappearance was attributed to an accidental drowning and his body was presumed lost to alligators; no remains were found and he was declared legally dead six months later.

Mike’s mother, Cheryl Williams, never accepted the initial conclusion and pushed for renewed investigation. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement reopened the case in 2004 after investigators noted that alligators are not typically active eaters in winter, a detail that cast doubt on the drowning theory. No remains or new evidence were reported at that time.

The known facts describe a disappearance originally treated as an accident but later questioned by family and investigators; the case’s central mystery remained who was responsible and what happened on the lake that day. Does anyone have information about Mike’s movements in the days before December 16, 2000, or about that hunting trip?