A welfare check at a home on Samantha Court in Auburn, Alabama, on July 10, 2025, led to the discovery of two victims. Officers found 34-year-old Tyeisha Shanta Williams and 13-year-old Zynniya Wright dead of gunshot injuries; the Lee County Coroner pronounced both deceased at about 2:30 P.M. Their bodies were taken to the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences for postmortem examination.

Police determined that Williams’s three-year-old son, Jibreel Harun, was missing from the residence and issued an Amber Alert. Investigators identified 41-year-old Aaron Dontay Williams, Tyeisha’s husband and the child’s father, as a person of interest; he was not at the home and was believed to have taken the child and to be armed and dangerous. A multi-state search led to his apprehension in Tennessee the morning of July 11, 2025, and Jibreel was recovered unharmed.

Aaron Williams waived extradition and was returned to Auburn, where he was charged with four counts of capital murder and one count of first-degree kidnapping and is being held without bond at the Lee County Jail. The father of Zynniya Wright said he had previously raised concerns about his daughter’s safety in that home, citing the suspect’s past criminal history, which reportedly included an attempted murder charge. Any readers who knew Tyeisha, Zynniya, or the family, or who have information about the case, are asked to come forward.