US adoptive mother guilty of homicide in death of Ethiopian girl

Reuters ^ | 9/10/2013

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A U.S. adoptive mother accused of starving her 13-year-old Ethiopian-born daughter and locking her outside in the cold, where she died from exposure, was found guilty of homicide on Monday in Washington state.

Hana Williams, adopted from Ethiopia in 2008, died of hypothermia in May 2011 after she was found unconscious outside shortly after midnight in temperatures hovering around 40 degrees Fahrenheit (4 degrees Celsius), authorities said.

The girl's mother, Carri Williams, was convicted of homicide by abuse and of manslaughter linked to the girl's death, while the father, Larry Williams, was convicted of first-degree manslaughter, a representative of the Skagit County Prosecutor's Office said.

"It was a very sad, sad story," Skagit County Prosecuting Attorney Rich Weyrich told Reuters. "It was something that shouldn't have happened. Fortunately, we were able to prove the charges, so we were able to hold them accountable."

The case is among several in recent years that have drawn attention to the vulnerability of children from overseas adopted by U.S. families, among them the death in January of 3-year-old Russian adoptee Max Shatto.

[Tax-chick]

I get what you are saying, but what is the alternative? Are you saying a story about such abuses should be swept under the carpet, kept hushed and not reported on?

No. However, I believe that the media is nearly 100% Democrat Propaganda Ministry, and so the choice to report these incidents is made with the intention of serving the Democrat Party. If anyone else gets any benefit from the story, that's incidental.

There are occasional flurries of stories about horrible treatment of children in the government foster-care system or of children who were reported numerous times and/or were being monitored by Social Services in various states. What's the pro-Democrat point? "Child Protective Services is understaffed and overworked and needs more money!!!" The point is never that employees who completely failed to perform their duties should be fired or even prosecuted.