The months-long search for 27-year-old Annie Lock has ended in tragedy with the discovery of her remains and the arrest of her former boyfriend, 26-year-old Tyrique Zavier Leroy Williams. He now faces charges of first-degree murder and concealment of death in connection with her disappearance and death.
Lock was last seen on August 17, 2024, near Kiana Lane in Fayetteville. Her family reported her missing on October 10, 2024, after growing suspicious that Williams, who had claimed to report her missing, never actually filed a police report. Their suspicions intensified when Williams married another woman shortly after Lock vanished.
Fayetteville Woman Missing Since August Found Dead in Robeson County Pond
On April 13, 2025, human remains were discovered in a pond near NC 71 Highway and Buie Philadelphus Road in Red Springs, Robeson County. The North Carolina Office of the Chief Medical Examiner confirmed that the remains were those of Annie Lock.
Williams, a Private First Class undergoing basic training at Fort Leonard Wood in Missouri, was taken into custody by the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Division on April 16. He is currently being held at the Pulaski County Sheriff’s Office Detention Center in Waynesville, Missouri, pending extradition to North Carolina.
Lock’s mother, Tanya Whitehead, shared the heartbreaking detail that her daughter was five weeks pregnant at the time of her disappearance. Lock and Williams shared a home and had a one-year-old daughter together.
The Fayetteville Police Department, in collaboration with the Robeson County Sheriff’s Office, is continuing its investigation into the circumstances of Lock’s death.
