Mystery deepens as Keshaun Williams, 15, vanishes from city where 30 kids disappeared in just weeks

A HEARTBROKEN mom is begging for help after her 15-year-old son disappeared in Cleveland, where 30 children have vanished within weeks.

An Amber Alert has been issued for Keshaun Williams, who vanished after a party in Cleveland, Ohio, on June 17.

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Family hasn't seen or heard from him since and his mother Sherice Snowden is worried sick.

"If anybody knows his whereabouts or if anybody has my child, can you please let my child come home? Keshaun has a whole life ahead of him," Snowden said at an emotional news conference.

"I'm begging you - Keshaun is all I have. That's my heart."

Keshaun's mom last saw him in Cleveland's Broadway-Slavic Village neighborhood.

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He called his mom at around 10.30pm to let her know he was headed home but he never made it.

Calls to his cellphone have gone straight to voicemail, leading his mother to file a missing person report with cops.

"Me and Keshaun always keep in contact. He calls me every day. We're very big on communication," Snowden said, adding that nothing seemed off before he vanished.

The two cooked breakfast together and she braided his hair before he set off for a night with friends.

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"He's never been away from home for this amount of time. This is very irregular of my son to not return home because we keep in contact and are very close," she said.

Police are investigating the case as a possible abduction and community members fear a serial abductor could be on the loose.

FEW CLUES

Keshaun's friends said that they saw him after the party but he got separated from them.

He later called his aunt and was heard crying on the phone, but his aunt could not make out what he was saying, CBS affiliate WOIO reported.

"Everything after the party was a blur, that is why we're trying to get more concrete information about who was at the party," his mom said.

Snowden said she was told by cops that gang members could have been at the event, and she fears they gave her son alcohol.

His mom was aware that he was out with friends that night but did not get an address for where the party was happening.

She said that family and police have searched everywhere both for Keshaun or any surveillance video of him.

He is described as a respectful teenager who enjoyed boxing classes and working at a local church in his free time.

Snowden said that the community has invested in her son and teachers and counselors are devastated by his disappearance.

"He's a very loved kid and everyone knows him in the community," said Snowden, who left the conference wiping tears from her face.

"He's very helpful and respect so this is very blindsiding."

Keshaun is described as 5'7'' tall and 130 pounds. He has black hair with braids and brown eyes.

He was wearing black jogging pants, a T-shirt, and red Jordan sneakers when he was last seen.

Anyone with information regarding his whereabouts is urged to phone 911.

A $2,000 reward has been offered for his safe return.

SERIES OF DISAPPEARANCES

Keshaun is among an unprecedented number of children who have disappeared in the Cleveland area in recent months.

John Majoy, the top cop in the Cleveland suburb of Newburgh Heights, said that over 30 children were reported missing during the month of May.

He fears that runaways could be lured into sex or drug trafficking schemes when seeking food or shelter.

The missing person expert described these predators as wolves in sheep's clothing who will encourage teens to leave their living situations.

There is no smoking gun or thread that links all of the missing person cases together so law enforcement is addressing each incident differently, which can be a daunting task.

More than 15,000 children were reported missing in Ohio last year, and four of them were found dead.

In more than 8,500 of the cases, abduction played a role, with 34 cases being the result of abductions by a noncustodial parent.

According to a report by Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost, only five of the cases stemmed from children being kidnapped by a stranger.

Police were able to find 36 percent of the children but 615 were still missing at the start of 2023.

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"I would like to say, whoever has Keshaun, we would like you to release him. You can see his mother here, she's very distraught," James Box, a long-time Cleveland activist, said at the press conference with Keshaun's mom.

"We don't know if we have a serial abductor out there or not, but until we find out, this is the way we're looking at it."

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