22-Year-Old Cold Case Death Info Sought: Manatee County Sheriff

PALMETTO, FL — Investigators are trying to find Gregory Bernard Williams, 51, to speak with him about a 22-year-old cold case, according to a Manatee County Sheriff’s Office news release.

They believe the Sun City Center resident has additional information about the 2001 homicide of 20-year-old Wajid Coleman.

In the early hours of July 23, 2001, Coleman left his home at 1302 29th Street E. in Palmetto and was never seen alive again, the sheriff’s office said.

A week later, on July 30, 2001, he was found dead in a wooded area in the 600 block of Magellan Drive in southern Manatee County. An autopsy found Coleman died from a gunshot wound to his head.

Anyone with information on the whereabouts of Gregory Bernard Williams is asked to contact MCSO Detective Darryl Davis at (941) 747-3011, ext. 2535.