The body of Missing Jamie Lynn Drake found in Stevens County
There is sad news to report in the case of missing teen, Jamie Lynn Drake . With the
help of Kevin Wayne Newland, who is in custody in connection with Jamie’s disappearance, he informed police where to find her body. Another teens life ends so tragically early, far before her time.
A body believed to be a missing 19-year-old woman has been located with the help of a man arrested in her disappearance, sheriff’s deputies said today.
Deputies from Spokane and Stevens counties were told by Kevin Wayne Newland, 20, to look beneath the floorboards of a cabin near the town of Addy, the sheriff’s offices said in a press release.
Newland was returned to Spokane on Thursday and under interrogation he directed deputies to the cabin, which is reportedly owned by his mother, the press release said.
Missing woman’s remains found in Stevens County
Newland to be charged with Jamie Drake’s murder
SPOKANE — Detectives have located a body in Addy, Washington that is believed to be the remains of 19-year-old Jamie Lynn Drake, who has been missing for a week and the man who was found with her car earlier in the week will be charged with her murder.
Spokane County detectives were led to a cabin in Addy by Kevin Newland, the 20-year-old man who was arrested in Maple Valley earlier this week with Drake’s 1993 Ford Mustang.
Credit card receipts show he allegedly first headed north to Deer Park, Colville and Kettle Falls on a route that took him right through the area where the victim’s body was discovered.
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Jamie Lynn Drake’s friends gathered to mourn the loss of their friend.
Jamie Drake’s friends gathered Friday afternoon at Mead Alternative High School. While it’s not unusual for these girls to get together, the circumstances for their meeting Friday – to mourn the loss of a close friend – was something they never planned for.
Jordan Sheffield, Jamie’s best friend since the 3rd grade, is at a stage of shock where past and present tenses blur together. She was Jamie’s roommate and her ex-boyfriend Kevin Newland is the one accused of killing her.
“I love the girl … she’s a great person and I’m sorry everything happened,” she said.
Statement from Jamie Drake’s family
This morning we met with the representatives of the Spokane County Sheriff’s Department. They advised us of the investigation to date and that they would be executing a search warrant in rural Stevens County where they believe they will find a body. While one always wants to remain optimistic, there seems little reason to be at this point.
Jamie is and always will be very special to all of us. She represents all that is good in life with her smile, sparkling eyes, quick laugh and spirit for life. She is a wonderful daughter, sister, aunt, granddaughter, niece and cousin.