The ex-boyfriend of a Missouri woman who was reported missing was arrested last week and charged with her death after he admitted killing her in an altercation, police said.
Marquisha Williams’ family reported her missing on Dec. 20, St. Louis County police said in a news release. Her relatives told detectives she was last seen with Trenton Ivy, her ex-boyfriend, in her Jeep Compass.
Two days after Williams disappeared, Ivy was arrested in Racine, Wisconsin, on charges of resisting an officer, fleeing an officer in a vehicle and using a dangerous weapon. Authorities said that he was in Williams’ vehicle and that there was “blood and biological material” in the Jeep, as well as her personal belongings.
Williams’ body was found Thursday by Illinois State Police.
In an interview with Racine police, Ivy “admitted to killing Williams in St. Louis,” the news release alleges.
“The defendant further admitted to having a physical altercation with Williams, which resulted in her death. He then admitted to disposing of her body in an unknown location,” police said.
Williams, 29, was the mother of four children, her aunt told NBC affiliate KSDK of St. Louis.
“Marquisha was very, very sweet, calm and nice,” Sandy Bagley said. “She loved her kids and we all loved being around her.”
Bagley said that on the day Williams disappeared, security video showed Williams and Ivy dropping off their 2-year-old son at a day care center. The pair had broken up this year and were trying to co-parent, she said.
The family became suspicious when Williams failed to pick up her children.
“We knew something was wrong. She is always on time when she picks up her children,” Bagley told the station. “We searched in the woods and all along Interstate 55. We just want to find her, lay her to rest and try to start healing. We want Trent to tell us: Where is Marquisha?”
Ivy, 31, is being held at the Racine County Jail. He faces a first-degree murder charge in St. Louis County.