All police need is one tip to crack a case.
This weekend, several people contacted Greensboro Police about a post on Instagram possibly related to Tyarra Williams. The 19-year-old was last seen on January 7th near her apartment complex in Greensboro.
A user on Instagram claimed he overheard two people talking about Williams and thought one of them knew where she might be. Greensboro Police interviewed the man and quickly ruled out his story.
"They reached out to our Crime Stoppers line, they reached out to our communications line, they reached out directly to the police department we also had people reach out to us via Facebook to send that same post to our Facebook page," said Captain Mike Richey.
Captain Mike Richey oversees the Criminal Investigation Unit for Greensboro Police and is leading the Tyarra Williams investigation.
"The information came to us and within probably about 15 minutes of receiving the first call, we had detectives who were on the information to see was it accurate, was it something that we could go on, was it a new lead for Tyarra Williams," said Captain Mike Richey.