Na'Ziyah Harris, a 13-year-old Michigan girl disappeared after getting off the bus in January, 2024.
Authorities have now arrested a man accused of raping and killing her.
The say he killed her because she became pregnant.
According to reports, Jarvis Butts, 41, of Highland Park, has been arrested.
He was apprehended in connection with the disappearance and death of Na'Ziyah Harris.
Jarvis Butts is charged with one count of first-degree premeditated murder, one count of criminal sexual conduct in the second-degree and one count of child sexually abusive material.
In addition, he faces multiple charges of criminal sexual conduct in two separate cases involving two other girls.
The alleged victims are now 20 and 13 years old, respectively.
However, both were under 13 when the alleged crimes took place
According to authorities, Jarvis Butts targeted and befriended women to have sex with their young daughters.
Evidence showed that he would have intimate relationships with his victims mothers.
However, his sole aim of having that relationship was to have sex with their young daughters.
He was a classic and expert groomer and pedophile according to witnesses.
According to a bulletin from the Detroit Police Department, Na'Ziyah was last seen on January 9, 2024.
She was last seen roughly a quarter mile from her home.
Her grandmother reported her missing that day when she failed to return home from school.
Authorities said that the overwhelming evidence indicates that she is deceased.
However, the young girl's remains are yet to be found.
Na’Ziyah reportedly met up with Jarvis Butts on the day she disappeared
The report stated that several people saw the two together "at several different locations" that day.
“We have evidence that at 9:30 p.m. on that day that Mr. Butts checked into a motel and Na’Ziyah was never seen or heard from again," said a prosecutor.
Jarvis Butts reportedly has children with Na'Ziyah's aunt.
He allegedly began sending sexually explicit text messages to Na'Ziyah starting in September 2022.
She sent sexually explicit photographs of herself in return.
"In November 2023, the evidence shows that Butts knows that she is pregnant," said the prosecutors.
"His phone records show that he searched online about abortions, abortion pills and drinking red anti-freeze," they added.
Jarvis Butts is being held in the Wayne County Jail on a $250,000 bond.
He has been held there since April, 2024 on other charges, online jail records show.
It is unclear whether he has retained an attorney who can speak on his behalf.
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