Authorities in Washington state arrested a man four years after he allegedly murdered a woman, drove her body some 200 miles away, and with another man's help buried her in a shallow grave, throwing used syringes on top of the remains to make it look like a drug overdose.

James Daniel Lewis is facing charges of second-degree murder , unlawful possession of a firearm and unlawful disposal of remains in the death of 36-year-old Amanda Elaine Green who was reported missing to Tacoma police in August 2021. In 2022, Tacoma cops informed the Thurston County Sheriff's Office that she had been murdered in the Yelm area.

Detectives developed a person of interest but did not have enough evidence — namely a body — to make an arrest. Investigators refocused their efforts in March of this year. Last

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