Jordan Bowers, mother of Oakley Carlson, missing since 2021, was sentenced Monday in a case built around multiple charges of identity theft announced in early last year
Bowers, 34, was sentenced to 43 months imprisonment for three counts of second-degree identity theft and one count of second-degree theft after pleading guilty of all charges on July 24, according to court documents.
Bowers was arrested earlier this year immediately upon being released from prison on previous charges of endangerment and transported to Grays Harbor County Jail. Bowers, represented by Michael J. Nagle, initially entered a plea of not guilty during her arraignment on Jan. 23, 2023, The Daily World previously reported.
Along with the sentence comes conditions that Bowers not attempt to contact those she attempted to defraud, with restitution to be decided, according to court documents.
Judge Katherine Svoboda presided over the case, The Daily World previously reported.
Prosecutors stressed that the current proceedings are unrelated to the disappearance of Oakley Carlson.
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 was rearrested on the identity theft charges while leaving incarceration.
Bowers and Carlson claim they last saw Oakley 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.
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.
