Skagit County prosecutors want to open the grave of a teenage girl to help prove her adoptive parents killed her, but the parents are doing all they can to make sure that doesn't happen.
Documents released Wednesday to KOMO News from Child Protective Services paint a disturbing picture of torture and starvation that led to the death of a 13-year-old girl.
A mother accused of abusing and starving her 13-year-old daughter to death is back in jail after she violated a no-contact order with one of her other children, the Skagit County Prosecutor's Office said.
Thirteen-year-old Hana Williams died of hypothermia after she was starved and abused, according to the prosecutor. But during a 911 call, her adoptive mother claimed it was the girl's own self-destructive attitude that led to her death.
The parents of an adopted girl who died of exposure in her own backyard after she had been starved and beaten for months pleaded not guilty to the charges Thursday.
The adoptive parents of a girl who died of hypothermia in May systematically withheld food from the girl, forced her to use an outdoor portable toilet and sometimes locked her in a dark closet for days, according to court documents released Friday.
The Skagit County coroner has ruled than an adopted 13-year-old girl died of hypothermia in her own backyard. It happened in May, but police and Child Protective Services are still investigating, and now, so are the KOMO Problem Solvers.