Joseph J. Williams of Claiborne County, Tennessee, went missing after responding to a craigslist ad for a job on April 25th. Family members say he went to go work on a job with someone named Ben he met on craigslist six months ago.
Anyone with contact information is asked to call the Claiborne County Sheriff’s Office at (423) 626-3385
While Mr. Williams’ disappearance may not be completely related to craigslist, I’d be remiss if I didn’t say it reminded me of the story of Richard Beasley. Beasley and an accomplice would place craigslist ads for non-existent ranch hand jobs. He killed three people who responded to his ads and almost killed a fourth. He committed these crimes because he was already facing jail time on other charges and was planning on stealing his victims’ identities in order to evade capture. Beasley was not only convicted of murder but was sentenced to death. He’s currently awaiting execution on Ohio’s death row.
My thoughts and prayers are with Mr. Williams’ family in hoping for his safe return.
Real Crime with Trench Reynolds 
The disappearance of Joseph is in the hands of the police. The suspicion lies on the wife, Cynthia Williams who currently resides in the same place Joe went missing from. He was very ill a few days prior to his disappearance and was in contact with his daughter every day. He never mentioned a job to her. All his belongings were left home, cell phone, tools, etc. He went missing on April 27, 2017 but the wife didn’t report him missing until the daughter had a welfare check on him on May 2, 2017. His motorcycle was put for sale a week before his disappearance by his wife. It was something he would never sell. He also had over $37,000 put away to move back to CT. The Craigs LIst “story” I’m sure was fabricated by his wife. She’s the cold blooded killer here. Her own daughter believes this to be true!!!
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