Worthy called the suspect a “classic expert groomer and pedophile.” Harris, a student at J. E. Clark Preparatory Academy on Detroit’s east side, was last seen Jan. 9. She was last seen getting off a school bus at Cornwall Street and 3 Mile Drive, near Warren Avenue and Outer Drive.

Authorities briefly searched for the young girl’s body in Clinton Twp., where her family previously lived, earlier this year.

Detroit man Jarvis Ramon Butts is facing homicide and sexual assault charges in connection with missing teen Na'Ziyah Harris, prosecutors announced.

Charges have been filed against a 41-year-old man accused of killing a girl who has been missing since January and whose body has yet to be found, according to the Associated Press. Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy announced several charges Thursday against Jarvis Butts in connection with the presumed death of 13-year-old Na’Ziyah Harris.

Detroit — Wayne County prosecutors are charging a Detroit man with murder and sexual assault in connection with the disappearance and death of 13-year-old Na'Ziyah Harris, who has been missing since January, as well as the sexual assaults of two other girls.

More than nine months after Na'Ziyah Harris disappeared from Detroit, a suspect is facing charges for sexually assaulting and murdering the girl.

Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy announced charges against a man accused of sexually abusing and then murdering 13-year-old Na'Ziyah Harris, a Detroit teenager who disappeared after school in January 2024.