![]() The cause of death, however, could not be determined given the level of decomposition the body had gone through. The remains were confirmed to be Christina’s with the help of her dental records. ![]() Unfortunately, Alice’s and Michael’s worst fears came true with the examination of the remains. There had been false alarms about such discoveries in the past, including the body of an older woman, and therefore this time, the officers were more cautious. The officers were informed about a decomposed body found by a botany researcher in a wooded area near Fort Ord in January 1999. After seven months, it came to a heart-wrenching halt. The FBI then announced a reward of $100,000 for any substantial information on the disappeared girl hoping that a hefty financial incentive would help in the search. However, the investigators were unable to trace the perpetrators from the clue, and ultimately, the FBI dropped the two men as suspects. They had started to believe that Christina had been abducted. The FBI received numerous tips from witnesses, out of which two seemed the most promising, and both described two men in a Ford Granada with grey primer spots. The FBI soon got involved and formed a tipline to help the task force. ![]() Thus began a harrowing search for the 13-year-old girl. But on June 12, Christina did not return for hours, following which her family reported her missing. She would usually take no more than 20 minutes to walk her dog around. A Fitch Middle School student, Christina was spending her summer holidays then. The family of five had recently shifted to their humble residence in Fort Ord, California, from Japan. On the evening of June 12, 1998, at about 7:30 p.m., Christina Williams told her mother she was taking their dog, Greg, out for a walk.
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