Inmate in custody; fiancee still missing


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An inmate who went missing from the Stewart Conservation Camp in Carson City early Tuesday morning was back in custody by Tuesday afternoon.

Inmate Billy Joe Williamson II, a minimum security inmate, was located by the Nevada Department of Corrections Inspector General’s investigators on foot at about noon near Highway 50 heading toward Lake Tahoe. He was taken into custody without incident and was returned to Northern Nevada Correctional Center.

The Nevada Department of Corrections reported at about 1 a.m. Tuesday morning Williamson was discovered missing from his bunk at the Stewart Conservation Camp. He was last seen sleeping on his bunk at the camp around midnight.

Williamson arrived at NDOC from Washoe County May 19, 2017. Williamson was serving 12 to 30 months for attempted grand larceny of a motor vehicle.

According to Facebook, Williamson is engaged to Stephanie Pilar Troklus, 26, who went missing from Jean Conservation Camp last week. Troklus was sentenced to 1 to 4 years for uttering a forged instrument and being an ex-felon in possession of a firearm. Troklus is 5 feet 3 inches tall with brown hair and green eyes. She has many tattoos including the name “Billy” in script on the right side of her neck, a skull and crossbones, flowers and 3 diamonds among other tattoos on her right arm/wrist. Her left middle finger has a crown tattoo on it, according to the Nevada Department of Corrections.