Carbondale Alerts
Carbondale Police Press Release: Recovered Missing Person
NEWS RELEASE
City of Carbondale, Illinois
May 27, 2025
For Immediate Release
CARBONDALE – The City of Carbondale Police Department has located missing juvenile Larry Williams safe and in good health. The assistance from the public is greatly appreciated.
**Previous Release ** The City of Carbondale Police Department is requesting assistance from the public in locating Larry L. Williams, age 13, of Carbondale. Larry was last seen on Friday, May 23, 2025, at approximately 4:00 a.m. in the 700 block of South Lewis Lane walking west toward East College Street. Larry, pictured below, is 6’03” tall, weighs 155 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes. Larry was wearing black and white shoes, a black jacket, and dark blue ripped jeans. He was carrying a backpack. Anyone with information is asked to call the Police Department at the numbers listed below.
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.