Help Police Find Missing Minor Akeem Williams Jr. Last Seen In Peter’s Rest

CHRISTIANSTED — Police need your help to find a missing minor on St. Croix.

Akeem Williams Jr., 15, was last seen Christmas Day in Estate Peter’s Rest, the Virgin Islands Police Department said.

Williams was wearing a blue shirt and short blue jeans pants, according to the VIPD.

Akeem is a black male with brown eyes, black hair and a light brown complexion. He stands 5-feet, 3-inches tall and weighs 98 pounds.

Williams is known to frequent the D. Hamilton Jackson Terrace (Red Brick) and Watergut areas of St. Croix.

If you see Akeem Williams Jr., or know his whereabouts, you are urged to please contact Police Officer D. Amos at the Ancilmo D. Marshall Command at 340-773-2530, or Crime Stoppers USVI at 1-800-222-8477.

UPDATE! The VIPD said on Facebook about 4:00 p.m. on December 26, 2023 that Williams had been found safe on St. Croix.

John F. McCarthy is a veteran journalist in the Caribbean, writing from the "Decision Space" where survival meets the surreal. His reporting steel was tempered by a lineage of legendary editors and broadcasters, including Ed Wynn Brant (The Bomb), Owen Eschenroder (Ann Arbor News), Lynelle Emanuel (BVI Beacon), and Charles Thanas (WSVI-TV). Alongside longtime colleague Kenneth C. "Casey" Clark, McCarthy has navigated the front lines of the territory’s history—from the 1997 volcanic "snow" to every major hurricane since Hugo. Known for leaning out of doorless helicopters to capture the "money shot," McCarthy now edits the V.I. Free Press, providing the essential link between the island's colonial past and its SpaceX future.