Idaho Man Indicted for Murder in 2019 Disappearance Case

Idaho Man Indicted for Murder in 2019 Disappearance Case

Five years after a woman van­ished in North Ida­ho, a man has been indict­ed for her mur­der. Jor­dan Jar­rad Law, 46, was arrest­ed in Spokane on Wednes­day, Sep­tem­ber 18, 2024, in con­nec­tion with the dis­ap­pear­ance of Rae Alli­son Berwanger.

Man Indicted for Murder in 2019 Disappearance Case

The indict­ment comes after a joint inves­ti­ga­tion by mul­ti­ple law enforce­ment agen­cies, includ­ing the Bon­ner Coun­ty Sher­if­f’s Office, Bend Police Depart­ment, Spokane Coun­ty Sher­if­f’s Office, and U.S. Mar­shals Ser­vice. Law was orig­i­nal­ly iden­ti­fied as a per­son of inter­est in the case.

Idaho Woman Missing Since 2019

Berwanger, who was 54 at the time of her dis­ap­pear­ance, was last seen in March 2019 in Bon­ner Coun­ty. Her broth­er told Miss­ing Peo­ple in Amer­i­ca that her dis­ap­pear­ance was eeri­ly sim­i­lar to their father’s mur­der dur­ing a home invasion.

In addi­tion to the mur­der charge, Law also faces two counts of rape relat­ed to anoth­er vic­tim dis­cov­ered dur­ing the inves­ti­ga­tion. The Ida­ho State Police’s Sex­u­al Assault Kit Ini­tia­tive sup­port­ed the investigation.

The arrest of Jor­dan Law brings hope for clo­sure to the fam­i­ly of Rae Alli­son Berwanger, who has been miss­ing for five years.