(September 29, 2011, MOUNT VERNON, Wash.) -- The parents of 13-year-old Hanna Williams are in custody Thursday evening accused of starving their daughter and keeping her locked outside.
Hanna Williams was found dead in her backyard on May 12, naked and wrapped in a sheet. She had been living with her adoptive parents since coming to America from Ethiopia in 2008. After months of investigation, her adopted parents are now charged in connection with her death.
Skagit County Prosecutor Richard Weyrich says this ranks right up there for one of the worst cases he's ever prosecuted. Larry and Carri Williams are inside the Skagit County jail Thursday, charged with homicide by abuse.
In the charging documents, Carri Williams talked about how much she disliked her two adopted Ethiopian children. A 10-year-old boy and Hanna. "She died of hypothermia and you know part of that is having lost so much weight over the past year, months...she had lost 30 pounds," Weyrich said.
Hanna Williams was found dead in her backyard on May 12, naked and wrapped in a sheet. She had been living with her adoptive parents since coming to America from Ethiopia in 2008. After months of investigation, her adopted parents are now charged in connection with her death.
Skagit County Prosecutor Richard Weyrich says this ranks right up there for one of the worst cases he's ever prosecuted. Larry and Carri Williams are inside the Skagit County jail Thursday, charged with homicide by abuse.
In the charging documents, Carri Williams talked about how much she disliked her two adopted Ethiopian children. A 10-year-old boy and Hanna. "She died of hypothermia and you know part of that is having lost so much weight over the past year, months...she had lost 30 pounds," Weyrich said.
According to charging documents her adopted parents, Carri and Larry Williams starved her for days, put her in a locked closet, shower room and forced her to sleep outside in the barn in the cold.
She wasn't allowed to use the bathroom in the house, instead a porta-potty behind the barn. In addition, Hanna was struck daily with a plumbing tool, a tube with a round ball on the end. FULL ARTICLE AT »
1 comment:
Sending a couple like this to prison, is too good for them. They need to be flogged until they are near death first....
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