Death of Adre-Anna Jackson

Adre-Anna Jackson
Born1995
Lakewood, Washington, U.S.
DiedApril 2006
Lakewood, Washington, U.S.

Adre-Anna Anita Jackson, also spelled Adreanna or Adre'Anna was a missing person of Native American descent[1] from Lakewood, Washington.[2][3] She disappeared at age 10 while walking to school in December 2005 in "a high-crime area with a large number of registered sex offenders".[4][5] Her mother had sent her out on a three-block walk not knowing school had been canceled because of snow and didn't report her missing until late in the day.[6][7]

Search, death investigation and suspects

In April 2006, her skeletonized body was found by children in a thicket near 7500 block of 146th Street Southwest in Tillicum in an abandoned lot that was "a popular passageway for school-aged children and a hangout for transients and drug users", identified as Jackson by use of her dental records.[6][4] The finding followed a highly publicized search by bloodhounds and 120 personnel from the Lakewood police and fire departments, search-and-rescue teams from Pierce County and nearby Joint Base Lewis-McChord,[7][6] and sonar scans of American Lake off Silcox Island organized by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).[8] Investigators determined the death was suspicious but had not determined the exact cause of death as of 2017.[9]

Child murderer Terapon Adhahn was a person of interest in the case and his former home was searched for evidence in 2007.[10][11][12]

Her death appeared on the FBI's most wanted list from 2005 through 2019.[1] As of 2020, there was a $60,000 cash reward – contributed by the FBI, local authorities, and individuals – for information leading to her killer or killers.[7][13]

Cold case unit involvement

The case remained unsolved as of April 2025, when the Washington State Attorney General's cold case unit, formed in 2023, reviewed the case for potential investigation by the unit.[14]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b FBI Most Wanted, dated December 5, 2005 last archived November 2, 2019
  2. ^ "Can AG's office solve the case of Lakewood girl found dead nearly 20 years ago?". Yahoo News. 2025-04-06. Retrieved 2025-06-24.
  3. ^ "Adre'Anna Jackson: Large reward for clues leading to young girl's killer". FOX 13 Seattle. 2018-04-08. Retrieved 2025-06-24.
  4. ^ a b Stacey Mulick; Adam Lynn (May 21, 2006). "Massive resources, no luck in search for Adre'anna Jackson". The News-Tribune. Tacoma. (updated December 06, 2017)
  5. ^ Christopher Schwarzen (Dec 4, 2005). "Officials halt search for missing 10-year-old". The Seattle Times.
  6. ^ a b c Stacey Mulick (April 4, 2011). "Searching for answers in death of Adre'anna". The Olympian.
  7. ^ a b c "Adre'Anna Jackson: Large reward for clues leading to young girl's killer". Seattle: KCPQ-TV. August 9, 2013.
  8. ^ Mulick, Stacey (December 13, 2005). "FBI will use sonar to map lake floor in search for girl". The News-Tribune. Tacoma.
  9. ^ "Adre'anna Jackson's cause of death undetermined". The News-Tribune. Tacoma. Dec 6, 2017.
  10. ^ Gene Johnson (July 20, 2007), "Man who led police to girl's body denies rapes", Associated Press – via The Spokesman-Review (Spokane)
  11. ^ "Former Adhahn home searched for possible evidence in Adre'Anna murder". Seattle: KOMO-TV. July 31, 2007.
  12. ^ Newton, Michael (2009). The Encyclopedia of Unsolved Crimes. Infobase Publishing. p. 153. ISBN 978-1-4381-1914-4.
  13. ^ "Unsolved Death Investigation – 2005: Victim Andre'Anna Jackson". Tacoma–Pierce County Crimestoppers. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
  14. ^ Puneet Bsanti (April 6, 2025). "Can AG's office solve the case of Lakewood girl found dead nearly 20 years ago?". Tacoma News-Tribune.

Further reading

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