MAYFIELD, Ky. — The Graves County Coroner is reporting at least 40 people in the Mayfield Consumer Products candle factory are unaccounted for as of Saturday evening. Families have been instructed not to enter the site and instead go to His House Ministries, where family members can provide photos and information of loved ones in hopes of getting a call to with more information.
Ivy Williams is hopeful his wife Janine will soon be found.
What You Need To Know
- Ivy Williams is the husband to Janine Johnson-Williams
- Johnson-Williams is said to have been inside of the candle factory at the time of the tornado
- Darryl Johnson is the brother of Janine Johnson-Williams
- Johnson is critical of crews for the search of his sister, the rest of the unaccounted people
Ivy Williams is the husband of Janine Johnson-Williams. The two have been married for six years and have been partners in crime for nearly thirty.
Williams is worried sick about his wife, who is said to have been inside of the candle factory at the time of the tornado touching down in the town of Mayfield. Williams is joined in the search for his wife by Darryl Johnson, the brother of Janine Johnson-Williams.
“I love her and I just want her to be home with me. I want her to be found, please help me I just miss her right now,” said Williams.
Behind the police tape Ivy Williams hopes and prays his wife Denise “Janine” Johnson-Williams is somewhere safe.
This Saturday, Dec. 11, 2021, satellite photo provided by Maxar shows Mayfield Consumer Products candle factory and nearby buildings after a tornado caused heavy damage in the area, in Mayfield, Ky. (Satellite image ©2021 Maxar Technologies via AP)
“I mean it’s just like they’re basically just cleaning up right now, it’s as if they’ve found everybody and everybody has been accounted. Which if they’ve been accounted for I would have been notified because I’ve given everybody in the world my phone number,” Johnson said. “They just keep telling me check the hospitals, hospitals say no. When I look behind me they’re doing more destruction than the storm did.”
Janine’s brother Darryl Johnson is more critical of the search effort. Brad Jones who serves as the Graves County Coroner says crews will be working for days at the site of the candle factory.
“We’ve got crews working and they will be working through the night recovering any deceased. We have front end loaders and I have coroners offices from other counties,” Jones said Saturday. “We’ve got a lot of teams, EMS, sheriffs departments and a lot of help that has come together. Hopefully we can get this taken care of and try to talk to the families and get these families some answers.”
The Johnson-Williams family hasn’t gotten any answers yet on where Janine Johnson-Williams may be.
“I don’t know what to do, I was asking them have they seen my wife and none of them could respond hardly,” said Williams.
The search continued Sunday for Janine and nearly 40 unaccounted people from the Mayfield Consumer Products candle factory. His Hope Ministries says they will continue to get families answers of missing love ones. Families can resume coming to the 1250 state route 303 location Sunday at 2 p.m.
