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Adre-Anna Jackson
Born1995
Lakewood, Washington, U.S.
DiedApril 2006(2006-04-00) (aged 10–11)
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 did not report her missing until late in the day.[6][7]

Search, death investigation and suspects

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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

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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

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References

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  1. 1 2 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. 1 2 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. 1 2 3 Stacey Mulick (April 4, 2011). "Searching for answers in death of Adre'anna". The Olympian.
  7. 1 2 3 "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.

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