Tera Lynn Pennington, 48, of Columbus, Ohio, was found dead on January 14, 2021. Her body was recovered buried in the basement of a Sullivant Avenue house during the execution of a search warrant; she had been dismembered, covered in concrete, and was shot once in the neck, per the Franklin County Coroner’s Office. Henry Clay Watson, 52, who had been reported missing with Pennington in August 2018, was also found at the scene and ruled a homicide after being shot twice in the head.

Investigators say the killings were tied to a larger drug operation. Five men were indicted in connection with the case, and Larry Williams Jr. has been charged with the murders of Pennington and Watson, among other crimes. Multiple agencies, including the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Ohio, Homeland Security Investigations, the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office, Columbus Division of Police, Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigations, and the Columbus Fire Department, are handling the investigation.

If anyone has information about Pennington, Watson, the Sullivant Avenue location, or the larger drug operation mentioned in the case, please share what is known with investigators.