Charges in Jon “Jake” Morgan Disappearance

WAUTOMA, Wis (WAUH)- Some apparent answers to the disappearance of 22-year-old Jon “Jake” Morgan six years ago as Waupaca County Sheriff’s deputies arrest a 31-year-old Antigo woman.

Desiree Osman was charged yesterday with first-degree reckless homicide, party to the crime of hiding a corpse, and delivery of up to 3 grams of heroin. She is also charged with two felony counts of bail jumping.

According to the criminal complaint investigators believe Morgan is dead, the victim of a heroin overdose. His body was never found. His half-sister reported him missing on March 9^th, 2020, telling investigators she heard he overdosed at Osman’s house in the King area and was taken somewhere. She said he didn’t pick up his paycheck on March 6^th, which was unusual.

When interviewed on April 1^st that year Osman told investigators she and Jon smoked the heroin that she purchased in Milwaukee multiple times in the early morning hours of March 6^th. During a subsequent interview she admitted to being the last person to see Jon alive.

Morgan’s family issued a statement yesterday in part saying, “With the recent charges, there aren’t big dramatic emotions. It’s more complicated than that. There’s sadness. There’s anger. There’s a quiet sense of validation. And there’s exhaustion. We’ve been carrying this for a long time.”

Osman will make her initial court appearance this afternoon.

Photo credit: Waupaca County Sheriff’s Department.