TAVARES, Fla.—The mom accused of kidnapping her two daughters from a Sorrento foster home in January 2024 pleaded no contest last month to her charges and was sentenced to three years in prison, followed by five years of probation, according to Lake County Clerk of Court online records.
Lake County Sheriff’s Office detectives began investigating the case after Tilli and Natalia Williams’ foster mother reported them missing around 7 a.m. Jan. 25, 2024. Authorities quickly named their mother, Dixie K. Williams, as a suspect and issued an Amber Alert. They were found the next day in Lincoln Parish, Louisiana after Louisiana State Police (LSP) received information from LCSO that Williams may be traveling on Interstate 20 in a silver Nissan Rogue. Troopers spotted the Rogue and initiated a traffic stop, just before 12:15 p.m. local time. Williams came to a brief stop on Interstate 20 westbound, east of LA-145 and then fled from troopers, according to LSP.
After a brief pursuit by LSP and Lincoln Parish Sheriff’s Office deputies, a “tire deflation device” was deployed and Williams came to a stop, LSP said.
Williams was taken into custody and Tilli and Natalia were safely recovered by law enforcement. Williams spent more than eight months in a Louisiana jail and was extradited back to Lake County in October 2024.
In April, she pleaded no contest to the two kidnapping charges and was sentenced to three years in prison with credit for 184 days, time served. She will be on probation for five years following her release from prison. Williams was also facing several traffic-related charges stemming from traffic stop by Eustis Police Department in 2022. On that traffic stop, Williams told the arresting officer she was “traveling” and “did not need a license,” a phrase commonly used by self-proclaimed sovereign citizens. She pleaded no contest to three of those charges and the other two were dropped. She was sentenced to time served in February.
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