Jarvis Butts has entered a guilty plea to the murder of 13 year old Na’Ziyah Harris. He also pleaded guilty to five separate sexual assault cases.
The plea agreement includes 35 to 60 years for second-degree murder, 10 to 15 years on four counts of second-degree criminal sexual conduct, and 10 to 15 years for third-degree criminal sexual conduct. The terms will be served concurrently.
Butts also agreed to provide information regarding the location of Na’Ziyah’s body, which as not been found.
13 year old Na’Ziyah was last seen getting off her school bus at the corner of Cornwall and Three Mile Drive on January 9, 2024.
On September 26, 2024, 41 year old Jarvis Butts was charged with first degree murder, child sexual abuse activity, and second-degree criminal sexual conduct in Na’Ziyah’s case.
Harris reportedly knew Butts because he is the father of one of her cousins. According to prosecutors, Butts’ abuse of Harris began in 2022.
Texts show that Na’Ziyah met up with Butts on January 9 at Butts’ auto repair shop in Detroit. They then went to Ypsilanti before returning to Detroit. Butts checked into a hotel at 9:30 pm, without Na’Ziyah.
Butts was tracked to the Rouge River in Detroit the day after, where police would later recover the clothes Harris was last seen wearing.
Sentencing is scheduled for March 12, 2026.
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