LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Investigators have recognized the stays of a person discovered below a concrete slab in Dolan Springs, Arizona, in 2021.
On Aug. 26, 2021, a property proprietor in Dolan Springs was breaking apart a concrete slab in his yard when he discovered human stays beneath.
The Mohave County Sheriff’s Workplace, together with the Division of Anthropology on the College of Tucson, recognized the sufferer as a white or Hispanic male, over the age of 40, between 5’7” and 5’9” tall. He was believed to have been buried below the concrete slab for at the very least 10 years, and his explanation for dying was decided to be a gunshot wound to the top, MCSO.
In February 2023, Ortham Inc., a Texas-based genetic lab, provided to assist in figuring out the sufferer by way of Venture Grace, a funded donation which coated all related prices, together with making a DNA profile from the sufferer’s samples, the add of the knowledge to a family tree database, and investigation by a forensic genetic genealogist to offer leads again to investigators for observe as much as help in his identification.
There have been no important leads from the Forensic Genetic Family tree investigation, so the MCSO Particular Investigations Unit (SIU) posted to Fb, asking the general public for any info on the case.
On July 29, 2025, investigators obtained a voicemail from a girl who stated she might need info on the id of John Doe. When investigators contacted the girl, she advised them that her dad and mom had lived on North Drive, the identical avenue the place the sufferer was discovered.
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She stated {that a} man by the title of Chett Williams had been dwelling together with her dad and mom round 1998-1999 and had immediately disappeared. When she requested her dad and mom about him, they advised her that he had simply gone and left. Nonetheless, she thought it was odd as a result of his private belongings have been left behind.
She additionally advised investigators that shortly after his disappearance, her dad and mom poured a slab of concrete on the location, MCSO stated.
Investigators checked property information and located that the girl’s dad and mom, recognized as Bea and Alvin Hamilton, have been the house owners of the property the place the murder sufferer was situated. Additionally they discovered {that a} male recognized as Chett G. Williams had used that handle as his residence location. No information of Williams might be discovered after 1999.
It was discovered that Bea Hamilton had been the property proprietor in 1999. Alvin Hamilton revealed he had handed away in 2006 and Bea Hamilton had handed away in 2018.
The Othram genetic genealogist recognized the names of family members of Chett Williams dwelling on the East Coast and so they have been contacted over the cellphone and confirmed that Williams had gone to Arizona to reside with a girl by the title of Bea Hamilton.
On Sept. 4, investigators have been notified by the genetic genealogist that the John Doe sufferer was Chester G. Williams III, often known as Chett Williams. (Mohave County Sheriff’s Workplace)
A household reference pattern was obtained from one of many family members for genetic comparability to the John Doe sufferer. On Sept. 4, investigators have been notified by the genetic genealogist that the John Doe sufferer was Chester G. Williams III, often known as Chett Williams.
The Mohave County Sheriff’s Workplace stated the constructive identification of the stays wouldn’t have been potential with out Venture Grace and Othram.
