Mother of missing WA child Oakley Carlson to be released from prison

Justice for Oakley Carlson: Billboards offer $100,000 reward, mom's release looms

Oakley Carlson's foster mother, Jamie Jo Hiles, continues to advocate for the missing girl as new billboards offer a $100,000 reward for information.

SEATTLE - More than 1,600 days after Oakley Carlson disappeared, her biological mother, Jordan Bowers, is being released from prison on Monday, July 28, with no charges in Oakley's case.

While law enforcement agencies continue to investigate the years-long case, Bowers has been arrested and imprisoned for other crimes. Most recently, she has been serving a 36-month sentence related to identity theft crimes. She struck a last-minute plea deal exactly two years ago.

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Additionally, Oakley's father was released from jail early for crimes related to child endangerment of the couple's other children. 

Police are reportedly holding off on charging Oakley's parents with crimes related directly to Oakley until they have a stronger case to prosecute for the whole lot of potential crimes committed in her case, including a potential no-body murder charge. 

Search for Oakley Carlson continues as mother's release looms

More than 1,600 days after Oakley Carlson disappeared, her biological mother, Jordan Bowers, is being released from prison on Monday with no charges in Oakley's case.

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Oakley Carlson's foster mother, Jamie Jo Hiles, continues to advocate for the missing girl as new billboards offer a $100,000 reward for information.

In the years since her disappearance, Washington residents and political leaders alike have sought to reckon with justice. 

In 2023, legislators heard emotional testimony on the "Oakley Carlson Act" aimed at protecting children in the future from the same fates as the missing 5-year-old.

Emerging theories range from being sold to fuel a drug and gambling addiction, to dying in a house fire. Police continue to investigate leads. 

Former Governor Jay Inslee called for a review of DCYF's handing of the Oakley Carlson case and no wrongdoing was found. 

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