For the second week in a row the omnibus agreement for Jordan Bowers, the biological mother and prime suspect in the disappearance of 6-year-old Oakley Carlson, has been postponed.
Bowers, who is currently being held in Grays Harbor County Jail on multiple charges of identity theft, was originally scheduled to have her omnibus agreement on Feb. 21 but was postponed a week due to a request by the prosecuting attorney, Richard Petersen, after he learned that a fifth victim in Bowers’ fraud scheme had come forward.
Although the second omnibus hearing for Bowers, which took place on Monday, Feb. 27, lasted a mere 25 seconds, both Petersen and Michael Nagle, who is serving as Bowers’ defense attorney, confirmed to the presiding judge, David Mistachkin, that they would have an agreed omnibus order ready to present in one week.
With a new omnibus hearing set for 8 a.m. on March 6, it remains unclear if the delays will affect the already scheduled dates regarding Bowers’ trial readiness hearing, which is slated on March 13, or the trial itself, which is set to commence on March 21.
According to court documents, Bowers could face anywhere between 63 to 84 months in prison if found guilty of defrauding multiple individuals. She is alleged to have stolen more than $50,000. Prosecutors have remained adamant that the case has zero ties to the disappearance of Oakley.
Bowers and Andrew Carlson, Oakley’s biological father, were released from jail last year for child endangerment charges linked to another of their children being exposed to drugs. Bowers rearrested on the identity theft charges while leaving incarceration.
Bowers and Carlson claim they last saw her on Nov. 30, 2021, but the last time detectives with the Grays Harbor County Sheriff’s Office can definitively confirm Oakley was seen alive was nine months prior, on Feb. 10, 2021.
Bowers and Carlson have not cooperated with the investigation into Oakley’s disappearance or with efforts to find her.
A reward fund for information leading to Oakley’s whereabouts had reached $80,000 as of early September.
The reward fund is managed by Light the Way Missing Persons Advocacy Project.
More information on Oakley’s case and opportunities to help with the search effort can be found at https://justiceforoakley.wixsite.com/home.
Anyone with information that could aid law enforcement in their search for Oakley is encouraged to contact the Grays Harbor Sheriff’s Office at 360-533-8765 or the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children at 1-800-THE-LOST. To speak to a detective directly, contact Detective Sgt. Paul Logan at 360-964-1729 or email sodetectives@co.grays-harbor.wa.us.
