Cold Case Breakthrough: Second Suspect Identified In Pam Conyers 1970 Homicide

ANNAPOLIS, Md. – Today, March 18, 2024, the Anne Arundel County Police Department announced the identification of a second suspect in the 1970 murder case of 16-year-old Pamela Lynn Conyers.

Last year, on March 10, 2023, the police department identified the first suspect.

Conyers disappeared on October 16, 1970, after leaving for an errand at the Harundale Mall. The vehicle she was driving was found three days later in a wooded area near Mountain Road and Route 100, which was under construction at the time.

Conyers’ body was discovered a short distance from the vehicle on October 20, 1970. DNA evidence, collected from the crime scene and Conyers’ clothing and person, led to the identification of the first suspect, Forrest Clyde Williams (III), of Virginia died in 2018 at the age of 69.

After identifying Williams, the Anne Arundel County Police Department’s Cold Case Unit, the FBI, and the Organized Crime Unit of the Maryland Office of the Attorney General continued their investigation. The use of traditional investigative methods and Forensic Genetic Genealogy (FGG) led to the recent identification of a second suspect, Donald Willard, formerly of Montgomery County, Maryland, died in 2010 at the age of 74.

Despite the identification of Forrest Clyde Williams, III and Donald Willard as suspects, the Anne Arundel County Police Department is still seeking information related to the murder of Pamela Conyers.

Anyone with information about Mr. Willard and Mr. Williams’ possible frequenting of a local bar in Pasadena in the 1970s, or any other information pertinent to the case, is encouraged to contact the Anne Arundel County Police Department at 410-222-4731 or the anonymous TipLine at 410-222-4700.

The following agencies assisted the Anne Arundel County Police Department during the investigation: