Ashley Nicole Williams was 34 and a mother of five when she was killed in November 2023. In the fall of 2023 she lived in Maple Valley, Washington, and had recently befriended 57-year-old Robert Leroy Frederick Riley; she told a friend she’d been spending time with him and sounded happy. On the night of November 15, 2023, Ashley and Riley were on a wooded commercial property in Maple Valley when three men — Brandon Gerner, Kody Olsen, and Joshua Jones — confronted them. An altercation ensued; Riley was shot in the chest and killed. Prosecutors say Ashley witnessed that killing and was then attacked. She reportedly begged for her life as Gerner stabbed her more than 20 times; when the knife broke, Olsen shot her. Riley’s old blind dog was also shot during the attack.

Both bodies were found the next morning, November 16, moved from the murder scene and left in bushes near Southeast 252nd Street and 238th Avenue Southeast, covered with trash and debris. The King County Medical Examiner ruled both deaths homicides, each caused by a gunshot wound to the chest. One suspect, Kody Olsen, was later killed in a December 12, 2023, shootout with police and was never charged.

If anyone knew Ashley, her movements that night, or has information about the people involved, please share what is known with authorities.