A Yelm, Thurston County, man is behind bars and facing a second-degree murder charge for allegedly killing and hiding the remains of a 36-year-old Tacoma woman who went missing in 2021.

A Thurston County Superior Court judge denied James Daniel Lewis, 36, bail on Tuesday.

In early September, court documents show, Lewis led investigators to a shallow grave off a dirt road near Mount Rainier where they discovered the suspected remains of Amanda Green.

Green was last seen entering a home in Tacoma in May 2021 and was reported missing by her second cousin in August that year.

Detectives eventually obtained evidence Lewis was involved in Green’s disappearance, but not enough for an arrest. The investigation went cold in 2022 but picked up again in March of this year.

In July, Lewis was arr

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