Transgender Teen Killed After Going on Date in South Carolina, Police Say
Newsweek approached Cathey via email for comment on Friday.Union County Sheriff's Office said that Williamson had first been reported missing by family to authorities in Laurens and was thought to have gone to a residence on Bethpage Lane in Monroe, North Carolina, a rural area to the south-east of Charlotte.According to Fox Carolina, citing the sheriff's office, a family member told deputies that Williamson had agreed to meet Newton on Facebook, arranging to be picked up by Newton at a Waffle House before going to Carowinds, an amusement park that straddles the state border.It reported the person said Williamson had remained in contact after leaving home, but stopped responding after 11:40 p.m.
ET on June 30."I think they had planned on meeting up and spend some time together on a date and that's where [Williamson] met him.
That was the plan," Union County Lieutenant James Maye told Charlotte, North Carolina-based news channel WSOC. "Unfortunately [it] ended in the loss of [Williamson's] life."Another Charlotte-based channel, WBTV, reported Williamson's body had been found in Pageland, South Carolina—just south of the state border and on route 601 from Monroe—between 7-10 miles from where investigators believe Williamson was killed.Promise Edwards, a long-term family friend, told WBTV that she had said goodbye to Williamson that night.
