WA WA - Oakley Carlson, 5, missing during welfare check, Oakville, 10 Feb 2021 *mom guilty, identity theft*

[Ajs1004]

I came across this case from seeing a TikTok posted by her foster mother. She said that she had contacted dfcs several times after Oakley was placed back with her birth parents and nobody ever followed up with her.

 

[Lusitana]

I came across this case from seeing a TikTok posted by her foster mother. She said that she had contacted dfcs several times after Oakley was placed back with her birth parents and nobody ever followed up with her.

I saw that too. I think that information was already out, she was very suspicious about their "house fire" and reported it.

 

[Psychic Sleuth]

Jordan Bowers just released from prison and immediately re-arrested on identity theft charges per Grays Harbor Sheriff's Office.

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[PommyMommy]

JAN 15, 2023

Jordan Bowers arrested on fraud charges minutes after release from prison

Jordan Bowers had been serving 20 months in prison for two counts of child endangerment with a controlled substance.

www.king5.com

Jordan Bowers, the mother of missing 5-year-old Oakley Carlson, was arrested on identity theft and fraud charges minutes after being released from prison after serving her sentence for child endangerment.

The Grays Harbor Prosecutors Office filed the charges and arrest warrants were issued for three counts of first-degree identity theft and one count of second-degree identity theft.

Authorities said Bowers was identified as the suspect in a fraud investigation after complaints from multiple victims.

Bowers was booked into the Grays Harbor County Jail.

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[Knox]

JAN 15, 2023

Jordan Bowers arrested on fraud charges minutes after release from prison

Jordan Bowers had been serving 20 months in prison for two counts of child endangerment with a controlled substance.

www.king5.com

Jordan Bowers, the mother of missing 5-year-old Oakley Carlson, was arrested on identity theft and fraud charges minutes after being released from prison after serving her sentence for child endangerment.

The Grays Harbor Prosecutors Office filed the charges and arrest warrants were issued for three counts of first-degree identity theft and one count of second-degree identity theft.

Authorities said Bowers was identified as the suspect in a fraud investigation after complaints from multiple victims.

Bowers was booked into the Grays Harbor County Jail.

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Good!!

 

[imstilla.grandma]

The mother of a missing Grays Harbor County girl is back in jail, facing new charges of identity theft and fraud.

Jordan Bowers was arrested overnight Sunday, moments after she was released from prison on a child endangerment conviction.

In fact, they have an $85,000 reward for information that leads to Oakley.

Meanwhile, her mother is in the Grays Harbor County Jail once again, accused this time of defrauding several people.

Bowers will soon appear once again before a Grays Harbor County judge to answer to new identity theft and fraud charges.

Bowers was booked into the Grays Harbor County jail at 3:20 a.m. Sunday, just as she completed her prison sentence for child endangerment.

“We are very grateful to the Grays Harbor Sheriff’s Office for the hard work that they have been doing on Oakley’s case and all in this case as well,” said Shayna Richard.

$85K reward to find missing Grays Harbor County girl; mother back in jail

Jordan Bowers was arrested overnight Sunday, moments after she was released from prison on a child endangerment conviction.

mynorthwest.com

 

[imstilla.grandma]

Deputies said Bowers was released from the Washington Corrections Center For Women in Gig Harbor after serving her sentence for endangering two of her other children with drugs. Oakley's father, Andrew Carlson, was sentenced to 12 months in late March after pleading guilty to two counts of child endangerment with a controlled substance.

Detectives arrested Bowers upon her release from prison and she was booked into Grays Harbor County Jail, GHSO said.

These charges stem from complaints from multiple victims who experienced fraudulent banking activity," GHSO said. "After the investigation was completed Jordan Bowers was identified as the primary suspect."

Mother of missing girl, 5, released from prison one minute, then arrested again the next

Jordan Bowers, the mother of missing 5-year-old girl Oakley Carlson, was arrested for identity theft and fraud minutes after being released from prison.

kutv.com

 

[Unalienable Rights]

‘She kicks people when they’re down’; Alleged fraud victim rips biological mom of missing child

Jordan Bowers appeared before a judge in Grays Harbor County on Tuesday afternoon to face fraud charges. Her bond was set at $50,000.

www.q13fox.com

GRAYS HARBOR COUNTY, Wash. - Jordan Bowers appeared before a judge in Grays Harbor County on Tuesday afternoon to face fraud charges. Her bond was set at $50,000.

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Tracy McGee-Mills was among the victims of the alleged fraud scheme – which took place before it was known that Oakley had disappeared. She told FOX 13 News that before the disappearance, before the court cases, Bowers seemed like a normal person.

"She has it together, has these kids and her husband that used to be on the police force," said McGee-Mills. "She seemed like a really nice woman."

She doesn’t share the same sentiment today.

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Court documents allege that Bowers was a small-scale fraudster—offering to help set up people’s accounts, then routing the money to cards she took out in other people’s names.

In fact, the scheme was uncovered thanks to a clogged toilet. Investigators looking for Oakley Carlson had went to an Extended Stay Inn located in Tumwater where Bowers, her husband and their other three children were staying. Bowers immediately checked out, and was later arrested – though hotel staff realized toilets in the room wouldn't flush.

While trying to unclog a toilet they found a credit card. Days later with the issue still present they removed the toilet and found two more credit cards – each card was linked to a different person, none had stayed in the hotel. Investigators discovered each of the people were linked to Bowers in some way.

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"She’s an actress, she plays the part," said McGee-Mills. "I’m financially devastated. I haven’t worked since May. There is no LNI. There is no SSA. There isn’t any compensation. I’m living paycheck to pay—well, I don’t have a paycheck. I’m living food bank to food stamp."

"She's just a bully. She really is a bully. She kicks people when they're down. She went after people that didn't have anything going for them."

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"I don’t care about the money," she said. "Just get that kid back. Get that kid back to the people she calls Mom and Dad."

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There is more at the link.

 

[JnRyan]

The Charley Project recently updated the details of disappearance. How persons like this are allowed to foster or adopt children is unbelievable.

Oakley Lynn Carlson – The Charley Project

 

[PommyMommy]

The Charley Project recently updated the details of disappearance. How persons like this are allowed to foster or adopt children is unbelievable.

Oakley Lynn Carlson – The Charley Project

She is just so precious.

 

[Unalienable Rights]

The Charley Project recently updated the details of disappearance. How persons like this are allowed to foster or adopt children is unbelievable.

Oakley Lynn Carlson – The Charley Project

She had a wonderful foster family and was returned to the bio family. In this case it is the bio family that should never have been allowed custody.

 

[rootbeer]

Proposed ‘Oakley Carlson Act’ aims to improve safety of kids removed from parents’ care

A 6-year-old girl who has been missing for more than a year has inspired a bill that’s been filed in the current legislative session.

news.yahoo.com

 

[Psychic Sleuth]

Jordan Bowers pleads not guilty in court todayMother of missing girl pleads not guilty to identity theft charges

 

[PommyMommy]

Jordan Bowers pleads not guilty in court todayMother of missing girl pleads not guilty to identity theft charges

From the article:

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Jordan Bowers, the mother of Oakley Carlson, is charged with four counts of identity theft. Her bail also was increased Monday from $25,000 to $50,000 due to concerns about Bowers being a potential flight risk.

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Detectives said Bowers fraudulently created four credit card accounts using personal information from friends and relatives.

Three of the cards were found clogging the toilet in a hotel room Bowers was staying in when police first started searching for Oakley in late 2021.

Bowers is accused of spending more than $40,000 with the cards, using the funds to shop at Walmart and eBay and getting cash to gamble at a casino.

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[PommyMommy]

JAN 23, 2023

Jordan Bowers, mother of missing Oakley Carlson, pleads not guilty to identity theft

Jordan Bowers, the mother of missing 5-year-old Oakley Carlson, has pleaded not guilty to charges of identity theft and fraud brought against her this month.

komonews.com

Bowers trial is set to begin in mid-March.

‘Kids don’t just disappear’ | The Daily World

Oakley Carlson gathering draws dozens of supporters to Montesano

www.thedailyworld.com

Despite temperatures in the mid to high 30 degrees, the cold weather was the last thought on anyone’s mind who gathered outside the Grays Harbor County Jail in Montesano on Sunday, Jan. 22. For the dozens of people carrying signs or megaphones, the only subject on their mind was Oakley Carlson.

Chants of “Where is Oakley?” “Justice for Oakley” and “Kids don’t just disappear,” among others, permeated the air for blocks as nearly 30 advocates sought information regarding the whereabouts of the missing 6-year-old girl from Oakville. The chants were directed toward Jordan Bowers, the biological mother and prime suspect in the disappearance of her daughter, who is being held in Grays Harbor County Jail on multiple charges of identity theft.

As the crowd shouted for answers, inmates could be heard pounding on the walls in support and yelling that Bowers was on the third floor of the jail. In the middle of the gatherers advocating for Oakley’s location stood Erik Hiles, Oakley’s foster dad, chanting in unison and receiving words of affection from the community members around him.

 

[AgeofAquaruis]

Good!!

Would love to see the look on her face when she realized she's getting locked up again. MOO

 

[DomiEstelle]

Question. In my neck of the woods, CPS tries to place a child with a fit family member within a few days of removal, generally the grandparents. Does WA not do that? Or are the grandparents elderly?

The hairdresser of the grandma told the foster parents about Oakley needing a home. They always try to find family first in WA. Go to YouTube and watch 10 to life. She just did a video on this case

 

[PommyMommy]

FEB 10, 2023

Oakley Carlson Act gathering marks 2 years since her disappearance

Friday marks two years since Carlson's last known credible sighting.

www.king5.com

On the day marking two years since her disappearance, a silent gathering will be held in Olympia to show support for the Oakley Carlson Act.

HB 1397 would create more stringent requirements for a child to be returned to its birth parents who have lost custody. A silent gathering is planned on the north steps of the state legislative building at the Capitol in Olympia on Friday afternoon at 3:30 p.m.

The first public hearing for the bill is scheduled for next Friday, Feb. 17.

Two years later: Where is Oakley Carlson, and what's being done to prevent similar situations?

Feb. 10 marks two years since Grays Harbor County Sheriff's detectives say was the last credible sighting of Oakley Carlson, a 5-year-old missing out of Oakville.

www.q13fox.com

Article includes a timeline.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1624206060591656960

 

[PommyMommy]

FEB 9, 2023

Oakley Carlson Gathering Set for Friday at Capitol Two Years After She Was Last ‘Credibly Seen’ - The Daily Chronicle

For the 10th time since being declared missing in December 2021, a public gathering in support of 6-year-old Oakley Carlson is set to commence this week, but will be unlike any of the previous nine …

www.chronline.com

The date of the gathering holds significance in the saga of finding information regarding the disappearance of the Oakville girl as it will mark the second anniversary since the last “credible sighting” of Oakley, according to records from the Grays Harbor Sheriff’s Office.

Light the Way Missing Persons Advocacy Project, the organization promoting and leading the gathering, stated the rally is meant to show unified community support for making changes in child welfare policies.

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FEB 10, 2023

Friday marks 2 years since Oakley Carlson last reported seen in Oakville

A silent gathering was held Friday evening at the Capitol in Olympia to support the search for Oakley

www.kiro7.com

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The group is supporting changes in child welfare policies and giving foster children more rights. The Oakley Carlson Act, known as House Bill 1397, would reform the way the Department of Children, Youth and Families handles foster children like Oakley. That agency took Oakley from a foster family who warned the agency about the girl’s safety, and put her back with her birth parents, Andrew Carlson and Jordan Bowers.

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If passed, the Oakley Carlson Act would make a number of changes to protect children who have been removed from a biological parent based on abuse, neglect or abandonment.

 

[PommyMommy]

Two years later: Where is Oakley Carlson? | FOX 13 Seattle​

Oakley Carlson Act gathering marks 2 years since her disappearance​

Supporters rally in Olympia for Oakley Carlson Act | FOX 13 Seattle​