Hurley International

Friends of Dane Williams, the Hurley International intern whose body was found in San Diego Tuesday, plan to hold a “paddle-out” ceremony in his memory today by the Huntington Beach resident’s home. At 10 a.m. by Pacific Coast Highway and 22nd Street, the group plans to paddle off the beach on surfboards and say a group prayer with Williams’ surfboard in the middle of the circle. Williams’ funeral is set for 1 p.m. Monday at Hope Chapel Huntington Beach, 715 Lake St. Williams, 23, went missing after a trade show in San Diego early Saturday morning.

The San Diego man charged with the death and sexual assault of Huntington Beach resident Dane Williams is expected to go back to court Tuesday for preliminary trial. Philong Huynh, 39, is charged with the murder and sexual assault of 23-year-old Williams for allegedly drugging and raping him. He is also charged with an additional count of sexual assault for sodomizing another man. He pleaded not guilty to all charges. Huynh began preliminary trial in San Diego in December for the other case, but the focus will turn to Williams on Tuesday, officials said.

One of the most tragic passings of the year was also the most mysterious, despite an outpouring of support from friends, family and the company the victim worked for: the unsolved death of Dane Williams, 23. Last seen alive Jan. 26 leaving a San Diego nightclub, the Huntington Beach resident and Hurley International marketing intern was found dead, wrapped in a blanket, three days later in an alley of the City Heights neighborhood. After autopsy and toxicology reports came back without a known cause of death — there was alcohol in his blood, but nowhere near a lethal amount — the police investigation ran out of easy leads.

Jack?s Surfboards in Huntington Beach added $9,000 to the $1,000 reward offered by nonprofit organization Crime Stoppers for any information leading to an arrest in the case of the death of a Hurley International intern. This recent donation brings the total reward to $10,000, the maximum payout an organization can offer without being legally required to disclose the identity of the person who comes forward with the information. Dane Williams, who lived in Huntington Beach, was last seen Jan. 26 in San Diego?

Jack’s Surfboards in Huntington Beach added $9,000 to the $1,000 reward offered by nonprofit organization Crime Stoppers for any information leading to an arrest in the case of the death of a Hurley International intern. This recent donation brings the total reward to the maximum payout an organization can offer without being legally required to disclose the identity of the person who comes forward with the information. Dane Williams, who lived in Huntington Beach, was last seen Jan. 26 in San Diego’s Gaslamp District.

The reward has been doubled in the unsolved death of 23-year-old Huntington Beach resident Dane Williams. Hurley International, where Williams worked as a marketing intern, added $10,000 to the reward for information leading to a felony arrest in Williams’ case, which makes the total reward $20,000. The remaining $10,000 was anted up by Jack’s Surfboards and San Diego County Crime Stoppers. Hurley donated an additional $15,000 on top of the reward money in April, which Crime Stoppers is holding for future efforts, officials said.

About six months after her brother’s death, Hayley Williams felt a jolt when she thought she saw him at a bus stop. “There he is!” she remembered thinking, nearly crashing her car at the surprise. Of course, she realized a moment later, her older brother, Dane, wasn’t there. It was just one of many posters with his picture her family and the Crime Stoppers organization had posted at bus stops around Orange and San Diego counties offering a reward to solve the mystery surrounding his death.

Bryce Alderton The Pro/Am Surf Series is no longer in jeopardy of being canceled -- it is also no longer the Pro/Am Surf Series. Del Taco has stepped up to the plate and agreed to be the main sponsor of the surfing competition that Hurley International abandoned last summer. And since the show will go on and have new junior divisions it will be renamed the Del Taco Huntington Beach Pro/Junior Surf Series this May, said the series director Seth Matson.

The San Diego man accused of murdering and sexually assaulting Huntington Beach resident Dane Williams is expected to go back to court today in San Diego. Philong Huynh, 39, is accused of drugging and raping 23-year-old Williams and is charged with his murder and sexual assault. Huynh is also charged with an additional count of sexual assault for sodomizing another man, who survived. He pleaded not guilty to all charges. Huynh faces a maximum sentence of 25 years to life in prison if convicted on all charges, said Steve Walker, spokesman for the San Diego district attorney.

The San Diego man charged with the death and sexual assault of Huntington Beach resident Dane Williams is expected to go back to court Tuesday for preliminary trial. Philong Huynh, 39, is charged with the murder and sexual assault of 23-year-old Williams for allegedly drugging and raping him. He is also charged with an additional count of sexual assault for sodomizing another man. He pleaded not guilty to all charges. Huynh began preliminary trial in San Diego in December for the other case, but the focus will turn to Williams on Tuesday, officials said.

In its own sad way, it came as a sigh of relief. The news this week that a man had been arrested in the case of Dane Williams, the Huntington Beach resident who disappeared during a convention in San Diego nearly two years ago and was found dead in an alley three days later, at least pointed to a possibility of closure in one of Southern California?s most baffling tragedies in recent years. The key word, of course, is ?possibility.? Philong Huynh, the man charged with Williams?

A San Diego man pleaded not guilty for the murder and sexual assault of Dane Williams today, almost two years after the Huntington Beach resident went missing for three days and was found dead. Philong Huynh, 34, was charged with one count of murder and one count of sexual assault for allegedly drugging and raping Williams. He was charged with an additional count of sexual assault for a separate case. Huynh was arrested by the San Diego Police Department on Thursday. The second sexual assault case helped shed light on Williams’ death, police said.

About six months after her brother’s death, Hayley Williams felt a jolt when she thought she saw him at a bus stop. “There he is!” she remembered thinking, nearly crashing her car at the surprise. Of course, she realized a moment later, her older brother, Dane, wasn’t there. It was just one of many posters with his picture her family and the Crime Stoppers organization had posted at bus stops around Orange and San Diego counties offering a reward to solve the mystery surrounding his death.

One of the most tragic passings of the year was also the most mysterious, despite an outpouring of support from friends, family and the company the victim worked for: the unsolved death of Dane Williams, 23. Last seen alive Jan. 26 leaving a San Diego nightclub, the Huntington Beach resident and Hurley International marketing intern was found dead, wrapped in a blanket, three days later in an alley of the City Heights neighborhood. After autopsy and toxicology reports came back without a known cause of death — there was alcohol in his blood, but nowhere near a lethal amount — the police investigation ran out of easy leads.

The reward has been doubled in the unsolved death of 23-year-old Huntington Beach resident Dane Williams. Hurley International, where Williams worked as a marketing intern, added $10,000 to the reward for information leading to a felony arrest in Williams’ case, which makes the total reward $20,000. The remaining $10,000 was anted up by Jack’s Surfboards and San Diego County Crime Stoppers. Hurley donated an additional $15,000 on top of the reward money in April, which Crime Stoppers is holding for future efforts, officials said.