'I never thought this would happen to our family': Grandmother says family 'devastated' since children went missing from Westside
She said the family is "devastated," including Braxton & Bri'ya Williams' parents who were "trying to get a little rest right now because they was up all night."
"We stayed up all night, we haven't slept, we haven't eaten," an exhausted Roxanne Lloyd said Monday morning as police continued to search for her missing grandchildren from the Westside. "We're worried about our babies."
Lloyd said she traveled to Jacksonville from Baker County after she learned her grandchildren, 6-year-old Braxton Williams and 5-year-old Bri'ya Williams, went missing from their home in the 10200 block of West Beaver Street around 11:30 a.m. Sunday. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement later issued an Amber Alert for the two children.
"I never thought this would happen to our family," she said. "I always see it on TV. I always pray for those kids to return home safely. It's our babies right now. It's scary, very scary."
The Williams family lives near a wooded area in the Paradise Village mobile home park. When asked if they may have wandered off by themselves, Lloyd said, "From what I know from being over with them, I've never known them to go out to that wooded area."
"They always in the yard playing," she added. "I don't think they're out there... I hope nobody took them."
Lloyd explained that the whole family is "devastated" about the news, including Braxton and Bri'ya Williams' parents who were "trying to get a little rest right now because they was also up all night" as of Monday morning, she said.