MOUNT VERNON —A Sedro-Woolley-area couple is guilty of all but one charge against them in their adopted daughter’s death and the abuse of their adopted son, a jury found Monday.
Larry and Carri Williams were both convicted of first-degree manslaughter in Hana Williams’ death, and of first-degree assault of a child for abusing the younger boy they adopted from Ethiopia at the same time as the young teenage girl.
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Bet the girl's ORGANS were missing, too.
NOT SUPPRISED....I GET DIRTY LOOKS ALL THE TIME AND I LIVE IN ATLANTA, GA!!!!!!! GOD BLESS HER SOUL....
WOW! WHEN I TELL PEOPLE THAT I'M ETHIOPIAN...
THEY CHOKE! I DON'T GIVE A @#@%...
I MAKE MOVES $...
AND KISS MY A$#!
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