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Oakley Carlson, missing for nearly four years from Grays Harbor County, has been declared legally dead by Pacific County Judge Donald Richter, following a petition filed on behalf of her siblings and their guardians.

Oakley's former foster mother, Jamie Jo Hiles, declined to join a lawsuit against the Washington State Department of Children, Youth, and Families, preferring to focus on honoring Oakley's life and holding her biological parents accountable.

Grays Harbor County Sheriff's detectives continue their investigation, considering charges against Oakley's parents, Jordan Bowers and Andrew Carlson, in a no-body homicide case; both parents have previously served time for exposing Oakley's siblings to meth.

It's been almost four years since five-year-old Oakley Carlson was

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