Lakewood Police Criticized for Missing Girl search of Deceased Adre’anna Jackson
After recent dental records confirmed that the remains that were found in Tillicum, WA as those of Adre’anna Jackson; Lakewood police are now being criticized for their searches.
Police conducted an extensive search last December in Lakewood for a missing ten-year-old girl.
But they were criticized at a community meeting last night for failing to search the empty lot where the girl’s bones were found this week.
Police Chief Larry Saunders says the overgrown lot about two miles from the girl’s home was not searched four months ago because it was not considered a very likely spot to find her. Tracking dogs showed no sign she might be there.
In hindsight, Saunders told the Lakewood meeting he wishes police had searched the lot.
(KIRO-TV)
The FBI is also been brought in to help investigate the death of Adre’anna Jackson.
Detectives continued to search the area for more bones and other evidence Wednesday. FBI investigators set up a grid to make sure their evidence recovery team scours every square inch of the footfall field-sized vacant lot where the bones were found, KIRO-TV reported.