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.

A man already in jail on sexual assault charges was charged with murder Thursday in the disappearance of a 13-year-old Detroit girl who has been missing since leaving school in January.

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.

Jarvis Butts, 41, was charged with first-degree premeditated murder, second-degree criminal sexual conduct, and child sexually abusive material for the murder 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.

The Wayne County Prosecutor's Office will provide an update Thursday morning on the case of Na'Ziyah Harris, who has been missing since January.

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

A man faces murder and sex crime charges for allegedly killing 13-year-old Na'Ziyah Harris, who prosecutors say he groomed, sexually assaulted and impregnated before killing her.