Mother’s Day is Sunday and the daughter of a Wayne County woman is pleading to the public for help in finding her mother’s killer.

Rena Wishum and her family conducted a press conference at the Mississippi Highway Patrol’s Hattiesburg Office Thursday to bring attention to the need for public help in finding information about the death of her mother, Janie Broadway Williams.

“One shot and she was gone,” Wisham said as she wiped tears. “It’s not fair. Sunday is Mother’s Day and I don’t have a mother.”

Law enforcement agencies have teamed up to assist the Wayne County family in getting the public’s help in finding out details concerning the March 6 murder of Williams, who was killed in her home.

Williams was murdered at around 1 a.m., the morning of Thursday, March 6th, 2008 inside of her home on Red Brown Drive in Clara near Waynesboro.

Officials reported that Williams and her husband, Ken Williams, had just arrived home and they were the only people in the home at the time that a single bullet entered the house through a kitchen window on the back of the house.

“The shot came through the kitchen window as Williams stood in front of her refrigerator,” Investigator Ricky Lott with the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation (MBI) said in a press release. “A high power rifle was used to fire the fatal shot. “

Lott and Investigator Mike Mozingo with the Wayne County Sheriff’s Department (WCSO) are the lead investigators in the case.

Wayne County Deputy Sheriff Kevin Stevens, who is the department’s Criminal Investigator, spoke to the media about law enforcement officials’ investigation.

Officials reported that Wayne County Sheriff John Farrior was not able to attend the press conference because he has recently undergone a total knee replacement surgery.

Stevens said investigators have interviewed 67 people in connection with the case and have received numerous tips. However, officials have not been able to identify a suspect or make an arrest.

“We believe that this was a planned and calculated event,” Stevens confirmed. “We have interviewed numerous people from her family and people who frequent the bar they owned and several local people. ... We do not have a firm suspect in this case.”

Williams and her husband co-owned the High Noon Bar in Waynesboro, as well as a flower shop.

Wisham and her family said they need closure.

“It’s tearing our family apart,” said Tod Wisham, Williams’ son-in-law. “It’s hard to accept. ... It’s been a living h-ll. ... Closure would mean so much.”