Found Alive AL - Jibreel Harun, 3 or 4, Extreme Danger, w/father Aaron Williams 41 in gray 2010 Honda, mother & half-sister found dead, Auburn, 7 Jul 2025

[Bounceycat]

Amber Alert issued for 4-year-old boy missing after mother, teen daughter found slain in Auburn home

Jibreel Harun, 4, was reported missing after his mother and a juvenile girl were found slain inside their Auburn home.

www.al.com

They could be traveling in a gray 2010 Honda Accord displaying Alabama tag 43A224A.

Jibreel is believed to be in imminent danger.

Williams, 41, is a Black male. He is 6-feet, 1-inches tall and weighs about 240 pounds.

He is described as armed and dangerous.

 

[Bounceycat]

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AUBURN POLICE SEARCHING FOR SUSPECT IN DOUBLE MURDER, KIDNAPPING

Auburn Police are seeking information on the whereabouts of Aaron Dontay Williams. Police believe that his three-year-old son, Jibreel Harun, is with him. An Amber Alert has been issued as the child is believed to be in imminent danger.

The suspect, Aaron Dontay Williams, is described as a 41-year-old Black male with a medium skin complexion. He is 6’1” and weighs approximately 240 pounds.

Crime Stoppers and the FBI are offering a $15,000 reward for any information that leads to the arrest and prosecution of Aaron Dontay Williams.

Police are asking anyone with information regarding Aaron Williams’ location to contact the Auburn Police department at 334-501-7313 immediately. The public is advised to call 911 and not to engage Williams if spotted as he is believed to be armed and dangerous.

FULL RELEASE: Auburn Police searching for suspect in double murder, kidnapping - City of Auburn News

 

[Bounceycat]

$15K reward offered in Alabama double murder, child kidnapping

The bodies of a mother and her young daughter, discovered during a welfare check at their east Alabama home Thursday, has prompted a double homicide investigation and a statewide Amber Alert for another child.

www.wsfa.com

The bodies of a mother and her young daughter were found during a welfare check at their Auburn home Thursday, prompting a double homicide investigation and a statewide Amber Alert for another child.

Harris said the family had not seen their loved ones in several days and made a request for a welfare check.

He said investigators believe the homicides happened within the last 48 hours, but that the case is just opening and details remain limited

 

[Bounceycat]

Some sources list Jibreel as 3yoa, some list him as 4yoa. The only photo released of him is almost a full year old.

 

[Unalienable Rights]

• Issued for: Alabama
• AMBER Alert: 31552

Jibreel Harun​

• • Missing Since
  • Jul 7, 2025
• • Missing From
  • Auburn, AL
• • Age Now
  • 3
• • Sex
  • Male
• • Race
  • Black
• • Hair Color
  • Black
• • Eye Color
  • Brown
• • Height
  • 3'3"
• • Weight
  • 40 lbs

Aaron Williams​

• • Age Now
  • 41
• • Sex
  • Male
• • Race
  • Black
• • Hair Color
  • Black
• • Eye Color
  • Brown
• • Height
  • 6'1"
• • Weight
  • 240 lbs

Vehicle Information​

• • Make:
  • Honda
• • Model:
  • Accord
• • Year:
  • 2010
• • Color:
  • Gray
• • License plate:
  • 43A224A
• • License state:
  • AL

AMBER Alert: The Auburn Police Department and the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency asks for your assistance in locating Jibreel Harun, Black male, three years of age. Jibreel Harun was last seen in Auburn on July 7, 2025, and is believed to be in extreme danger. Jibreel is believed to be abducted by Aaron Dontay Williams, a 41 year old Black male. They may be traveling in a 2010 gray Honda Accord bearing Alabama plate 4 3 A 2 2 4 A.

ACTION 8 UPDATE: Amber Alert canceled after child found safe, suspect in custody - WAKA 8

Police believe that the child, Jibreel Harun, may be with the father in a gray 2010 Honda Accord displaying Alabama tag 43A224A.

www.waka.com

An Amber Alert has been issued in a double murder investigation in Auburn.

Auburn police say around 2:30 p.m. Thursday, officers responded to the 1200 block of Samantha Court in response to a welfare check.

Once they arrived, they found a deceased adult female and a deceased juvenile female.

Officers were additionally notified of a four-year-old boy who was missing from the home.

Amber Alert canceled for child kidnapped in Alabama double murder

A statewide Amber Alert for a child kidnapped following a double homicide has been canceled, and the alleged kidnapper and murder suspect is in custody.

www.fox10tv.com

A $15,000 reward is being offered by CrimeStoppers 215-STOP and the FBI for information leading to the suspect’s arrest and a child’s recovery following a double murder and kidnapping in east Alabama.

The bodies of a mother and her young daughter were found during a welfare check at their Auburn home Thursday, prompting a double homicide investigation and a statewide Amber Alert for another child.

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Assistant Police Chief Michael Harris said officers forced their way into the home where they found the bodies of a woman and her daughter, possibly age 13. They have not been identified by name.

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Investigators quickly zeroed in on a suspect, Aaron Dontay Williams, who is the woman’s husband and the girl’s step-father.

(Just noticed that there is another thread in a different forum. I have notified a mod to merge the threads.)

 

[Bounceycat]

Amber Alert suspect spotted at Huntsville motel earlier this week

An Amber Alert suspect out of Auburn has ties to Huntsville.

www.wbrc.com

It was the Economy Inn on University Drive in Huntsville. A clerk at the motel said that Williams checked into the motel on Tuesday and checked out on Wednesday. There was no mention of whether a child was spotted with him.

 

[Unalienable Rights]

Aaron Dontay Willims was charged with attempted murder in Huntsville, AL in 2013

Huntsville police charge man with attempted murder after shooting on Patton Road (updated)

The victim, Garard Smith, was shot in the leg at about 9:30. He was taken to Huntsville Hospital and treated for non-life threatening, police said.

www.al.com

June 9, 2013

Huntsville police have charged a man with attempted murder, following a Sunday morning shooting in the 4300 block of Patton Road.

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After an investigation, officers arrested the suspect identified by Smith, Aaron Dontay Williams, 29, and charged him with attempted murder.

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[swanniee11]

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AMBER ALERT CANCELED: From Auburn Public Safety
On July 11, 2025, at approximately 7:15 a.m., the United States Marshals Service, in conjunction with the FBI and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, took Aaron Dontay Williams into custody. The child was also located unharmed

 

[tlcya]

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AMBER ALERT CANCELED: From Auburn Public Safety
On July 11, 2025, at approximately 7:15 a.m., the United States Marshals Service, in conjunction with the FBI and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, took Aaron Dontay Williams into custody. The child was also located unharmed

thank goodness the little guy is safe! May loving arms encircle him moving forward. He's lost his mama and half sister. I pray he didn't witness the violence.

 

[Bounceycat]

Auburn Police searching for suspect in double murder, kidnapping - City of Auburn News

On July 11, 2025, at approximately 7:15 a.m., the United States Marshal Service, in conjunction with the FBI and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, took Aaron Dontay Williams into custody.

openline.auburnalabama.org

On July 11, 2025, at approximately 7:15 a.m., the United States Marshals Service, in conjunction with the FBI and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, took Aaron Dontay Williams into custody. The child was also located unharmed. The investigation is currently ongoing, and anyone with information is encouraged to contact the Auburn Police Department Investigations Section at 334-501-3140.

 

[katydid23]

I usually post a HAPPY DANCE when a child is brought home safely-----but cannot really do that since his mother and stepsister were killed.

I'm just grateful little Jibreel was recovered safely and I pray he finds a safe and loving home to help him heal.

 

[Bounceycat]

Aaron Dontay Willims was charged with attempted murder in Huntsville, AL in 2013

Huntsville police charge man with attempted murder after shooting on Patton Road (updated)

The victim, Garard Smith, was shot in the leg at about 9:30. He was taken to Huntsville Hospital and treated for non-life threatening, police said.

www.al.com

June 9, 2013

Huntsville police have charged a man with attempted murder, following a Sunday morning shooting in the 4300 block of Patton Road.

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After an investigation, officers arrested the suspect identified by Smith, Aaron Dontay Williams, 29, and charged him with attempted murder.

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In January 2016 he was sentenced to 13 years in prison for his involvement in a fatal shooting that occurred in March 2015. He was given credit for 295 days served. See details in the following article. The article also mentions that he was the father of a daughter who would be 13 when he was released.

Aaron Williams sentenced for involvement in shooting at Durango hotel

Families of both victims and defendants wept Tuesday morning as 6th Judicial District Judge Jeffrey Wilson sentenced Aaron Williams to 13 years in prison for his part in a fatal shooting in March at t...

www.durangoherald.com

January 5, 2016

Families of both victims and defendants wept Tuesday morning as 6th Judicial District Judge Jeffrey Wilson sentenced Aaron Williams to 13 years in prison for his part in a fatal shooting in March at the Iron Horse Inn that killed one and injured another.

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“I never wanted to hurt, kill or rob anybody,” Williams, 23, told the court. “All I can do is wait patiently for the Lord to save me.”

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As Johnson’s (victim) family sobbed, Williams’ family and friends painted the defendant as an “open-hearted” team player and loving father.

“If he goes to jail 10 years, his daughter will be 13 when he gets out,” said Williams’ mother, Cherie Ford. “Daughters often need their fathers’ advice, sometimes more than their mothers’, especially when it comes to young men.

“I ask you to look at him not just as a subject but as a man of God, a father, a son and a friend.”

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Williams will be eligible for parole after serving 75 percent of his sentence, but Trimble said “statistically, it’s very difficult” to shorten jail time with sentences like this.

I don't think this is the same Aaron Williams. The one mentioned here was 23 in 2016, meaning he'd be about 32 today. The Aaron Williams who kidnapped Jibreel is 41. They do not look similar, either. (This is in reference to the Durango Herald link.)

 

[Unalienable Rights]

I don't think this is the same Aaron Williams. The one mentioned here was 23 in 2016, meaning he'd be about 32 today. The Aaron Williams who kidnapped Jibreel is 41. They do not look similar, either. (This is in reference to the Durango Herald link.)

I think you are right. I thought the age might have been 33 instead of 23, but the middle name isn't included in 2016, and it is quite possible that there were two men names Aaron Williams in Huntsville. It's too late for me to edit the post, but I'll ask that it be removed.

 

[swanniee11]

I don't think this is the same Aaron Williams. The one mentioned here was 23 in 2016, meaning he'd be about 32 today. The Aaron Williams who kidnapped Jibreel is 41. They do not look similar, either. (This is in reference to the Durango Herald link.)

Whew, I'm glad you saw that as well. I've been digging and couldn't put it together. I did read that this Aaron Williams ( the one we're dealing with now) has an extensive criminal history. I will look to see who reported it. It was MSM though

 

[Bounceycat]

https://www.wrbl.com/news/auburn-man-accused-of-killing-wife-stepdaughter-kidnapping-son-10k-reward-offered/?fbclid=IwY2xjawLeAOBleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHj3sURX91CCWngn5bXK_pQbhyMQeAHAxNcTtnCtO8GcNBvHX9wXqdhwpOT-4_aem_cW_SJvClak5EUXNL2XnqHQ

WRBL spoke with Lance Wright, who says the juvenile victim is his 13-year-old daughter, Zynnya Wright. He says he warned the court about Williams just one month ago during a June 10 hearing in Lee County.

“Lee County Justice Center failed my daughter,” Wright said. “I told that courtroom it was just a matter of time before he hurt somebody.”

Wright, who lives in Opelika, said Williams accused Zynnya and her mother of harming Jibreel during the hearing. Wright says the real threat was Williams — a man with a history of domestic violence and a litany of other charges, according to court documents. Wright claims Williams had just been released from prison in 2024 after a domestic violence conviction.

 

[GraceG]

Whew, I'm glad you saw that as well. I've been digging and couldn't put it together. I did read that this Aaron Williams ( the one we're dealing with now) has an extensive criminal history. I will look to see who reported it. It was MSM though

Alabama doesn't have a court record database for the public that doesn't require a fee. So unless we have him as residing in the past in another state,or know a specific county (which MIGHT have public access to records outside of in-person) I'm unable to find any previous arrest history for him in AL.

 

[Bounceycat]

Auburn kidnapping, double murder suspect captured in Tennessee transported back to Alabama

The suspect in an east Alabama double murder and kidnapping investigation has been transported back to Lee County from a Tennessee jail after waiving extradition, Auburn police confirmed Thursday.

www.wsfa.com

He's in the Giles County TN jail, awaiting extradition. Giles County is on the border of Tennessee and Alabama and is about 230mi from Auburn.

 

[GraceG]

Auburn kidnapping, double murder suspect captured in Tennessee transported back to Alabama

The suspect in an east Alabama double murder and kidnapping investigation has been transported back to Lee County from a Tennessee jail after waiving extradition, Auburn police confirmed Thursday.

www.wsfa.com

He's in the Giles County TN jail, awaiting extradition. Giles County is on the border of Tennessee and Alabama and is about 230mi from Auburn.

Thanks for that, but he won't be in the database for TN yet (which just lists circuit, and general sessions), if he's recently in jail waiting extradition. I was hoping to find out what other counties/states he may have resided in to find his past domestic violence history family had referred to.

 

[Unalienable Rights]

He was arrested in Madison County on January 31, 2021.

Mug shot at link:

https://madisonal.mugshots.zone/williams-aaron-dontay-mugshot-01-31-2021/

NameWILLIAMS, AARON DONTAYDOB11/13/1983Age37RaceBSexM

Charges​

• DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE – ALCOHOL ( Bond: 1000.00 )
• POSS.OF A PISTOL BY A VIOLENT FELON ( Bond: 2500.00 )
• POSS.OF A CONCLD WEAP W/OUT A PERMIT ( Bond: 1000.00 )

 

[Unalienable Rights]

Double murder suspect involved in Amber Alert has violent past in Huntsville

An Auburn double murder suspect who prompted an Amber Alert after taking his son to Tennessee has a violent past in Huntsville.

www.waff.com

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According to the Giles County Sheriff’s Department, Williams was then found with his son Friday morning at the Rodeway Inn in Ardmore by the FBI, TBI and U.S. Marshals.

“Everyone I spoke to last night and this morning, the priority was the child’s safety,” Sheriff Joe Purvis said. “The FBI and the Marshal service did an outstanding job. They affected the arrest professionally and safely, and the child was recovered without injury. So, that’s the goal.”

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It could have gone in a different direction, because according to records, Williams is at least a three-time convicted felon.


And this is where his ties to the Rocket City come in. In 2013, Williams was charged with attempted murder in Huntsville, and four years later, he was indicted for shooting into an occupied building.

Tim Douthit with Madison County DA’s office says he was then convicted on felony DUI and gun offenses in 2021 and sentenced to five years in prison.

But he was released two years early on probation.

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