Williams abandoned the trailer at a truck stop near Victoria, about 100 miles (160 kilometres) southwest of Houston. Williams, an immigrant from Jamaica who lived in Schenectady, New York, was later arrested in Houston.
Seventeen people, including a 5-year-old boy, were found dead in the trailer. Two others died later. All the deaths were attributed to dehydration, overheating and suffocation.'
Tyrone Williams, illegal alien smuggler