On November 27, 2007, 51-year-old Doretha Williams was dropped off by her daughter in the area of Rylands Street near Congress Street in Mobile, Alabama and was never seen again. At the time she lived on Dauphin Street. The official missing person report was not filed until more than two months after she was last seen.

Williams is described as an African-American female, between 5 feet 1 inch and 5 feet 4 inches tall, weighing about 110 to 115 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes. She had a tattoo of the letter S on her right hand and a pinky finger that had been broken and not healed correctly. On the day she disappeared she was wearing a white sweater and brown pants.

The Mobile Police Department lists her as an endangered missing person, but public details and updates are sparse and there has been little media or social media attention. If anyone knew Doretha, saw her in the Rylands Street or Congress Street area on November 27, 2007, or has any information about her whereabouts, please come forward.