Man charged with murder after body of missing Pierce County mom found in woods
Johnathan Harris - Department of Corrections photo
UPDATE June 23, 2015 -- Prosecutors on Tuesday charged a 29-year-old Graham man with 2nd degree murder for the death of 28-year-old Nicole White. According to Pierce County prosecutors, White picked up Jonathan Daniel Harris from his home on June 6 and went to Jeepers Country Bar and Grill in Spanaway. Witnesses saw the two leave the bar several hours later. White never made it home, and she was reported missing on June 7. The Pierce County Sheriff's Department, the FBI and a volunteers searched for the missing mother for nearly two weeks. On June 20th, a K9 from a volunteer search-and-rescue team discovered White's body at the bottom of a wooded ravine south of Lake Kapowsin. Officials said her body, wrapped in a green tarp, was severely decomposed. Detectives believe Harris beat White to death at his home after leaving the bar. They say he wrapped her in the tarp and left the body at the bottom of the ravine, and then drove her car off the side of the road near his home before walking home. The medical examiner ruled White's death a homicide, but the cause of death is still pending. Harris will be arraigned Wednesday afternoon in a Tacoma courtroom.
UPDATE June 22, 2015 -- The body of Nicole White, 28, was found over the weekend in the woods near Kapowsin in Pierce County. The Pierce County Sheriff’s Department said White’s body was found Saturday near Timberline Forest Camp 1 Road East, but news of the discovery was not announced until Monday morning. Search dogs had led investigators to the woods, the sheriff’s department said, and her body was found wrapped in a tarp. Cause of death was not immediately disclosed.
MISSING IN PIERCE COUNTY June 10, 2015 -- Pierce County Sheriff’s detectives need your help to locate a woman who is missing under suspicious circumstances and is feared to be the victim of foul play. The last known sighting of Nicole White occurred at about 10:00 p.m. on Saturday June 6th, 2015, at Jeepers Country Bar & Grill on Pacific Ave. S. in Spanaway. White reportedly went to the bar to meet up with a man she had met online. White has not been seen or heard from since. On the afternoon of Monday June 8th, 2015, a passerby located White’s vehicle in the area of 70th Ave. E. and 260th Ave. E. in Graham. White’s red Dodge Neon was down an embankment and wedged between several trees; the vehicle was unoccupied. Nicole Elizabeth White is described as a white female, 28 years old, 4’10” tall, 100 lbs., with brown hair and brown eyes. White’s family reports that it is highly unusual for her to fail to return home or to fail to show up for work. Detectives are looking for any information regarding Nicole White’s disappearance and/or her whereabouts, including information on any suspicious persons seen with White or her car. If you know where she is or have any information that can help find her, call an anonymous tip into: CRIME STOPPERS: 1-800-222-TIPS You must call the Crime Stoppers hotline with your tip to be eligible to receive a cash reward for information leading to a fugitive’s arrest. CLICK HERE for information on how to TEXT A TIP to Crime Stoppers.