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5 years after woman vanished in Idaho, ex-boyfriend is arrested for her murder

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1 year ago

September 20, 2024

5 years after woman vanished in Idaho, ex-boyfriend is arrested for her murder

A man has been arrested and charged with murder in the 2019 disappearance of his ex-girlfriend in Idaho.

Rae Allison Berwanger was reported missing on March 7, 2019. During the investigation into her disappearance, the Bonner County Sheriff’s Office looked at her ex-boyfriend, Jordan Jarrad Law, as a person of interest, according to a news release.

Law, 46, lived near Berwanger, who was 54 at the time of her disappearance. She was last seen at his home, according to CBS affiliate KREM. Berwanger had been struggling with substance use, family members told KREM, but was making strides towards sobriety shortly before her disappearance.

Berwanger’s brother-in-law, Jimmie Bailey, told officials that he went to Law’s residence after the couple had a “falling out,” according to court documents reviewed by KREM. Berwanger told Bailey that she wanted to move to Washington state. After Berwanger disappeared, Law told officials that she had spoken about leaving the area, and said she might have gone to visit a friend.

Law also told detectives that he had sold Berwanger a vehicle for $800 three days before her disappearance. Law said both Berwanger and the vehicle had disappeared, but that he had found the car abandoned at an intersection two days later and transported it back home.

According to police, detectives later found that Law had used Berwanger’s bank cards at two establishments after her disappearance, taking out $1,200 in $400 increments. Security cameras showed him driving the car he said he had sold Berwanger, KREM reported. Law was arrested for allegedly using the bank card, according to KREM.

Police said Tuesday that a “lengthy investigation” into Law finally resulted in murder charges.

He was indicted on a charge of murder in the second degree, a charge of offering false evidence and a charge of destroying evidence. Law also faces two charges of rape, which police said were “relevant to an additional victim that was discovered during the investigation.”

Law was arrested in Spokane, Washington on Wednesday, police said.

Police said that evidence from the Idaho State Police’s Sexual Assault Kit Initiative helped lead to the charges, but did not elaborate on how.

Kerry Breen

Kerry Breen is a news editor at CBSNews.com. A graduate of New York University’s Arthur L. Carter School of Journalism, she previously worked at NBC News’ TODAY Digital. She covers current events, breaking news and issues including substance use.

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Looking forward to another year of East Idaho Sports – East Idaho News

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5 hours ago

January 4, 2026

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Looking forward to another year of East Idaho Sports – East Idaho News

Note: As a bonus to our readers who have followed us into Year 2, the East Idaho Sports staff will post a special story on Sundays – Could be a column, opinion, feature, or just something fun and goofy. Hope you enjoy, and thanks again for coming along on this journey.

EASTERN IDAHO — Dec. 31 marked the end of the first full calendar year of East Idaho Sports. It has been a pleasure to bring our readers coverage of local youth, high school, college and semi-pro sports.

Over the last 12 months, we have covered state champions, national champions, junior hockey league champions, record-breaking performances and so much more. Those of you who have followed along since we launched in August 2024 have seen how we have expanded our coverage to include some interactive features like this Sunday Special series, Game Balls and the Photo of the Week voting.

We look forward to the completion of the winter sports seasons — including some Winter Olympics stories — spring sports, the summer sports schedule and returning next fall to start it all over again.

But we also hope to continue adding to our coverage, and shine spotlights on even more of the great athletes and sports programs in eastern Idaho.

In order to do that, we would like some help.

With just two full-time reporters and one freelance photographer we will regrettably miss things. And while we try to fill those gaps ourselves, we are always open to tips.

If there was a sporting event or sports story that deserved coverage it didn’t receive, please email us at sports@eastidahonews.com. If there is an upcoming event that should be spotlighted, please email us.

Also, our Photo of the Week stories will continue to be posted midday every Monday. If you have photos from a local sporting event that you want to enter in the running, email those to us by Sunday morning. For those who follow the voting — on our public Facebook group East Idaho News – Sports — a reader-contributed photo was recently selected our Photo of the YEAR, and we would love to continue adding those on the weekly ballot.

This photo of West Jefferson’s Justus Burtenshaw during the first round of the state tournament, taken by reader Julie Hall, was selected out East Idaho Sports Photo of the Year.

Finally, we recently added a regular feature we are calling the “Whip-around”: A quick rundown of local high school sports action. In order to expand these stories to include more teams, we would love for coaches, players or parents to send us photos of game scorebooks. If you are linked to a local team and would like your team to be added to these stories, please email us, and we can let you know how to do so.

It has been a pleasure to highlight the many local athletes for their successes and hard work, and we look forward to another year of precisely that.

We will see you at a field, court, course, pool, etc., near you in 2026.