Missing Person

Merry Williams-Diers admits the thought of public speaking often makes her palms start to sweat. But, as the 30-year-old born and raised Jamestown resident ...

“But this seems to be the newest trend for many advocates and people being a voice for the voiceless.” In this capacity, she has been an outstanding asset to the Jamestown Police Department and me in the cases we have worked with her.” Most recently, Williams-Diers has taken up the murder of Patricia Gale Fairbanks, a 14-year-old Jamestown girl who went missing in November 1972. Merry works tirelessly and unselfishly in an attempt to bring some level of peace to families and friends.” She believes sharing a wealth of information has helped reunite families and generate tips on unsolved crimes. “And if we stay quiet as a community, would we want that same type of energy if, God forbid, it was our missing or murdered child, brother, sister, mother or father?”