Overview
- Butts admitted guilt across six cases, including second-degree murder in Harris’s disappearance and five criminal sexual conduct counts involving minors.
- The agreement calls for 35–60 years for murder and 10–15 years on each sex assault count, with all sentences to run concurrently and some additional charges dismissed.
- Harris’s remains have not been found, and the plea obligates Butts to provide a truthful statement about the body’s location as investigators and family await answers.
- Local 4 reports a source said Butts admitted dumping the body in the Rouge River near 7 Mile and Berg, a claim not confirmed in public court records.
- Prosecutors cited sexually explicit messages dating to 2022, corroborating witness accounts, cell-tower data, and recovery of Harris’s clothing in areas linked to Butts.