Carbondale Alerts
Carbondale Police Press Release - Missing Runaway Juvenile
NEWS RELEASE
City of Carbondale, Illinois
March 10, 2025
For Immediate Release
CARBONDALE – CARBONDALE - The Carbondale Police Department is requesting assistance from the public in locating Zereq L. Williams, age 16 of Carbondale. Zereq was last seen at about 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, March 9, 2025 in the 500 block of South Hayes Street. Zereq is described as 5’07” tall and weighs 130 pounds with black hair with red tint, and brown eyes. Zereq is known to frequent the 500 block of East Hester Street in Carbondale. Anyone with information is asked to call the police department at the numbers listed below.
Zereq L. Williams, age 16 of Carbondale
Anyone with information about the incident is encouraged to contact the City of Carbondale Police Department at (618) 549-2121. You may also call the Carbondale/SIU Crime Stoppers anonymous tip line at (618) 549-COPS (2677) or the Murphysboro/Jackson County anonymous tip line at (618) 687-COPS (2677). Anonymous tips may also be made by selecting the “Crime Stoppers” tab on this website’s main page. Please help yourself and your county, its communities, and the university campus by using these numbers if you witness or have any information about a crime. Cash rewards for information that leads to an arrest are also made anonymously. Remember, crime doesn’t pay, but Crime Stoppers does!
The mission of the Carbondale Police Department is to work in partnership with our community to preserve life, protect human rights, protect property and improve quality of life by providing police service to all in a fair, sensitive, and professional manner.