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True Crime Tuesday - Searching for Phil Harris
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True Crime Tuesday - Searching for Phil Harris

Since the loss of his father and brother within the last couple of years, 49-year-old Phil Harris struggled with chronic pain, suicidal ideation and severe depression. Because of his mental health, he sought treatment from April 9th-14th 2023. He called his family at 7:19 pm on April 15th, the day after he was released from treatment and since then, the only other confirmed sighting was when Phil went to a doctor’s appointment on April 20th. 10 days later, an official report was filed with police. A month later, on May 30th, Phil’s car was found parked at the Hazel Dell Marketplace near Safeway in Vancouver. Security footage would show that Phil left the car in the lot on April 21st around 8 pm. Some of the valuable items left in his car were the knives he used as a chef, some clothes, an Apple watch and a laptop along with tools and his medication. The gas tank was almost full, he had taken his phone with him and the keys were not located. Unfortunately, the security footage did not show if Phil left on his own, met up with someone or caught a ride. There have been no developments or clues as to Phil’s whereabouts since the recovery of his car. Phil has full sleeves of tattoos on both arms and a large semi-colon tattoo on his left hand. If you know anything about Phil Harris’ disappearance or whereabouts, you are asked to contact the Clark County Sheriff’s office at 360-693-3111 or, if you don’t want to talk with police, you can email Phil’s family directly at FindPhilHarris@gmail.com
True Crime Tuesday - Missing - Oakley Carlson
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True Crime Tuesday - Missing - Oakley Carlson

Oakley was living in foster care from when she was three months old until she was three years old. At that time, she was sent to live with her biological parents, Jordan Bowers and Andrew Carlson. The foster parents raised alarms when the decision was made, but the state moved ahead with the placement. In early 2021, neighbors noticed that 5-year-old Oakley was no longer being picked up by the school bus. Realizing the little girl hadn’t been seen in quite some time though her parents still lived in the same location, a request for a welfare check was made. Now, two years later, there is still no sign of Oakley. Her parents have been questioned about her whereabouts and haven’t disclosed them. Both parents have or are still serving time for unrelated offenses. Her father, Andrew Carlson served a year for allowing two other children in the home to be in contact with methamphetamine and for not providing one of the children their required medication. Jordan Bowers, Oakley’s mother, is serving 20 months for child endangerment. She was sentenced to another 36 months for identity theft. It’s been reported that Jordan struggles with a serious gambling addiction, leading some to theorize that she could have sold her daughter for money. One child in the home has told people that quote ‘there is no Oakley’ and that after a house fire, Oakley was quote ‘under her mother’s bed and in the woods’. The woods had been mentioned to another adult by that same child, where they were described as saying Oakley had wandered off and been eaten by wolves. Abuse towards Oakley had been witnessed by the other children in the home. It was even reported that Oakley had been kept locked in a cell under the stairs. Since the parents haven’t been working with the police, putting together a timeline has been difficult, as has an investigation. A formal report was filed in early December 2021, even though Oakley hadn’t been seen for approximately 10 months before that. There is currently an $85,000 reward for information that leads to finding Oakley. She was last seen in early 2021. The sheriff’s office worked with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children to create an age-progressed photo showing what she might look like as a 6-year-old. If anyone has any information about Oakley Carlson’s location or disappearance, you are asked to contact the Grays Harbor Sheriff’s Office at 360-964-1729.
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