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Hana Grace-Rose Williams (born Hana Alemu, June 19, 1997 – May 12, 2011)^[1] was a girl adopted from Ethiopia by an American couple living in Sedro-Woolley, Washington. She died in 2011 of hypothermia, according to an autopsy, and her adoptive parents Carri and Larry Williams were convicted in September 2013.^[2]^[3]^[4] The adoptive father was later convicted of manslaughter in her death.^[2] Carri Williams was convicted of "homicide by abuse" for Williams' abuse and death and was convicted of "first-degree assault of a child" for abusing a second adopted Ethiopian child who survived and testified at her trial.^[5]^[6]

Background

Hana Grace-Rose Williams was adopted by Carri and Larry Williams in 2008 through Adoption Advocates International (AAI), an adoption agency based in Port Angeles, Washington. Before her adoption, she lived in Kidane Mehret Children's Home, a Catholic orphanage in Addis Ababa affiliated with AAI.^[7]^[8]

After being adopted, Hana was regularly spanked, locked in a closet, and denied food as punishment. She was not allowed to wear clothes, only a towel. She was also forced to sleep in a barn and take showers with a garden hose.^[3] Hana's post-adoption weight loss directly contributed to her death.^[9]

According to a memorial statement posted by her adoptive parents on the Lemley Chapel website, Williams "enjoyed knitting and crocheting, reading, drawing and various crafts, playing soccer and riding her bicycle."^[4] It is possible that she was homeschooled by Carri.^[10]

In addition to being the adoptive parents of Williams and an Ethiopian boy, Carri and Larry have seven biological children.^[11] The children reported the abuse to CPS two weeks after Hana’s death, when CPS returned to the home to investigate.^[12] At Carri and Larry's trial in 2013, their other adopted child and some of their biological children testified to the abuse.^[13]^[14]^[15] Carri Williams, convicted of homicide by abuse and first-degree assault of a child, was sentenced to 36 years and 11 months in prison. Larry Williams, convicted of first-degree manslaughter and first-degree assault of a child, was sentenced to 27 years and nine months in prison.^[16]^[17]

Controversy regarding To Train Up a Child

Williams's adoptive parents had a copy of the controversial parenting book To Train Up a Child by Michael and Debi Pearl, which recommends that parents use corporal punishment, of a kind that many child protection authorities regard as child abuse, to discipline their children.^[18]^[3]^[19] They had also given a copy of the book to an acquaintance, according to investigators.^[3]^[20]

On his website, Michael Pearl responded to the deaths of Hana Williams, Sean Paddock, and Lydia Schatz by noting that "we share in the sadness over the tragic death of Hana Williams",^[21] but also that "I laugh at my caustic critics, for our properly-spanked and trained children grow to maturity in great peace and love" who become "entrepreneurs that pay the taxes your children will receive in entitlements."^[22]

Pearl spoke to the media about the controversy, stating that because the plastic tubing he recommends in the book is of a certain size, he is not responsible when parents who follow his lead use tubing that he believes is too big and end up murdering their children.^[20]^[23] Pearl also stated, "What her parents did is diametrically opposed to the philosophy of No Greater Joy Ministries and what is taught in the book."^[24] The New York Times claimed that the Williamses took the book's advice, particularly the Pearls' recommendation that parents starve their children by claiming that "a little fasting is good training", to extremes.^[20] A witness in the trial reported that the Williamses followed the book's recommendations "to use a switch, cold baths, withhold food and force children outside in cold weather as punishment," all of which were used on Williams.^[25]

References

^ Hodson, Jeff (2011-09-29). "Murder charges for parents who left girl outside". The Seattle Times. Retrieved 2022-05-02.
^ ^a ^b "Couple guilty in death of adopted daughter". NY Daily News. 10 September 2013. Archived from the original on 16 October 2014. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Hodson, Jeff (27 November 2011). "Did Hana's parents 'train' her to death?". The Seattle Times. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Hana Grace-Rose Williams". Lemley Chapel. 12 May 2011. Archived from the original on 17 October 2014. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
^ "Williams Trial: Mother guilty on 3 counts, father on 2". Goskagit.com. 9 September 2013. Archived from the original on 6 April 2015. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
^ "Couple convicted in Sedro-Woolley abuse case". King5.com. 9 September 2013. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
^ "Hana Williams: The tragic death of an Ethiopian adoptee, and how it could happen again". Slate Magazine. 9 November 2013. Archived from the original on 9 December 2014. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
^ "Prosecutors describe 'house of horrors' in Hana Williams trial". KOMO News. Archived from the original on 13 December 2014. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
^ Hodson, Jeff (September 29, 2011). "Murder charges for parents who left girl outside". The Seattle Times. Retrieved September 15, 2024.
^ "Hana Grace-Rose Williams". Homeschooling's Invisible Children. 4 May 2013. Archived from the original on 10 December 2014. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
^ "Adoptive parents on trial in Ethiopian girl's death | Local News | The Seattle Times". 2014-12-20. Archived from the original on 2014-12-20. Retrieved 2022-05-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ Washington Court of Appeals (November 25, 2019). "Opinion" (PDF).
^ "Kids testify in parents' murder and abuse trial". KIRO 7 News Seattle. 2013-08-06. Retrieved 2022-06-12.
^ "Jurors hear shocking details in child murder trial". KIRO 7 News Seattle. 2013-08-06. Retrieved 2022-06-12.
^ Cole, Gina (19 August 2013). "Williams son: Hana was 'possessed,' siblings should keep quiet". goSkagit. Retrieved 2022-06-12.
^ "Decades in prison for Williams couple". Goskagit.com. 30 October 2013. Archived from the original on 28 June 2015. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
^ "Father testifies about shame, regret over daughter's death". The Seattle Times. Archived from the original on 20 December 2014. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
^ Hodson, Jeff (November 27, 2011). "Did Hana's parents "train" her to death?". The Seattle Times. Archived from the original on 29 February 2012. Retrieved 28 February 2012.
^ "Justice is served for Hana Williams' adoptive parents". The Seattle Times. Archived from the original on 20 December 2014. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c Eckholm, Erik (November 6, 2011). "Preaching Virtue of Spanking, Even as Deaths Fuel Debate". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 13 November 2013. Retrieved 28 February 2012.
^ "Hana Williams Official Statement". No Greater Joy website. 8 November 2011. Archived from the original on 17 March 2013. Retrieved 28 February 2012.
^ "Laughing". No Greater Joy website. March 2010. Archived from the original on 28 September 2013. Retrieved 8 August 2013.
^ Cooper, Anderson. "Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees, Aired October 26, 2011". CNN. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 8 August 2013.
^ Burnett, Thane (October 8, 2011). "Was child abused to death due to advice from book?". Toronto Sun. Archived from the original on 11 November 2011. Retrieved 28 February 2012.
^ Stoll, Lee. "Kids testify in parents' murder and abuse trial". KIRO TV. Archived from the original on 9 August 2013. Retrieved 7 August 2013.

[1] Hodson, Jeff (2011-09-29). "Murder charges for parents who left girl outside". The Seattle Times. Retrieved 2022-05-02.

[nydailynews.com-2] "Couple guilty in death of adopted daughter". NY Daily News. 10 September 2013. Archived from the original on 16 October 2014. Retrieved 7 December 2014.

[seattletimes.com-3] Hodson, Jeff (27 November 2011). "Did Hana's parents 'train' her to death?". The Seattle Times. Retrieved 7 December 2014.

[lemleychapel.com-4] "Hana Grace-Rose Williams". Lemley Chapel. 12 May 2011. Archived from the original on 17 October 2014. Retrieved 7 December 2014.

[5] "Williams Trial: Mother guilty on 3 counts, father on 2". Goskagit.com. 9 September 2013. Archived from the original on 6 April 2015. Retrieved 7 December 2014.

[6] "Couple convicted in Sedro-Woolley abuse case". King5.com. 9 September 2013. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 7 December 2014.

[7] "Hana Williams: The tragic death of an Ethiopian adoptee, and how it could happen again". Slate Magazine. 9 November 2013. Archived from the original on 9 December 2014. Retrieved 7 December 2014.

[8] "Prosecutors describe 'house of horrors' in Hana Williams trial". KOMO News. Archived from the original on 13 December 2014. Retrieved 7 December 2014.

[9] Hodson, Jeff (September 29, 2011). "Murder charges for parents who left girl outside". The Seattle Times. Retrieved September 15, 2024.

[10] "Hana Grace-Rose Williams". Homeschooling's Invisible Children. 4 May 2013. Archived from the original on 10 December 2014. Retrieved 7 December 2014.

[11] "Adoptive parents on trial in Ethiopian girl's death | Local News | The Seattle Times". 2014-12-20. Archived from the original on 2014-12-20. Retrieved 2022-05-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[12] Washington Court of Appeals (November 25, 2019). "Opinion" (PDF).

[13] "Kids testify in parents' murder and abuse trial". KIRO 7 News Seattle. 2013-08-06. Retrieved 2022-06-12.

[14] "Jurors hear shocking details in child murder trial". KIRO 7 News Seattle. 2013-08-06. Retrieved 2022-06-12.

[15] Cole, Gina (19 August 2013). "Williams son: Hana was 'possessed,' siblings should keep quiet". goSkagit. Retrieved 2022-06-12.

[16] "Decades in prison for Williams couple". Goskagit.com. 30 October 2013. Archived from the original on 28 June 2015. Retrieved 7 December 2014.

[17] "Father testifies about shame, regret over daughter's death". The Seattle Times. Archived from the original on 20 December 2014. Retrieved 7 December 2014.

[18] Hodson, Jeff (November 27, 2011). "Did Hana's parents "train" her to death?". The Seattle Times. Archived from the original on 29 February 2012. Retrieved 28 February 2012.

[19] "Justice is served for Hana Williams' adoptive parents". The Seattle Times. Archived from the original on 20 December 2014. Retrieved 7 December 2014.

[Eckholm-20] Eckholm, Erik (November 6, 2011). "Preaching Virtue of Spanking, Even as Deaths Fuel Debate". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 13 November 2013. Retrieved 28 February 2012.

[21] "Hana Williams Official Statement". No Greater Joy website. 8 November 2011. Archived from the original on 17 March 2013. Retrieved 28 February 2012.

[22] "Laughing". No Greater Joy website. March 2010. Archived from the original on 28 September 2013. Retrieved 8 August 2013.

[CNN-23] Cooper, Anderson. "Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees, Aired October 26, 2011". CNN. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 8 August 2013.

[24] Burnett, Thane (October 8, 2011). "Was child abused to death due to advice from book?". Toronto Sun. Archived from the original on 11 November 2011. Retrieved 28 February 2012.

[KIRO-25] Stoll, Lee. "Kids testify in parents' murder and abuse trial". KIRO TV. Archived from the original on 9 August 2013. Retrieved 7 August 2013.

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-'''Hana Grace-Rose Williams''' (born '''Hana Alemu''', June 19, 1997 – May 12, 2011)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hodson |first=Jeff |date=2011-09-29 |title=Murder charges for parents who left girl outside |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/murder-charges-for-parents-who-left-girl-outside/ |access-date=2022-05-02 |website=The Seattle Times |language=en-US}}</ref> was a girl adopted from [[Ethiopia]] by an American couple living in [[Sedro-Woolley, Washington]]. She died in 2011 of hypothermia, according to an autopsy, and her adoptive parents Carri and Larry Williams were convicted in September 2013.<ref name="nydailynews.com"/><ref name="seattletimes.com">{{cite web|url=http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2016875109_hana28m.html |title=Local News |work=The Seattle Times |accessdate=7 December 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141025152644/http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2016875109_hana28m.html |archivedate=25 October 2014 }}</ref><ref name="lemleychapel.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.lemleychapel.com/memorials/hana-grace-rose-williams/|title=Hana Grace-Rose Williams|work=Lemley Chapel|accessdate=7 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141017030402/http://www.lemleychapel.com/memorials/hana-grace-rose-williams/|archive-date=17 October 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> The adoptive father was later convicted of [[manslaughter]] in her death.<ref name="nydailynews.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/couple-guilty-death-adopted-daughter-article-1.1450744|title=Couple guilty in death of adopted daughter|work=NY Daily News|accessdate=7 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141016052043/http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/couple-guilty-death-adopted-daughter-article-1.1450744|archive-date=16 October 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> Carri Williams was convicted of "homicide by abuse" for Williams' abuse and death and was convicted of "first-degree assault of a child" for abusing a second adopted Ethiopian child who survived and testified at her trial.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.goskagit.com/news/local_news/williams-trial-mother-guilty-on-counts-father-on/article_b5c44ebe-19a2-11e3-9b0a-001a4bcf887a.html|title=Williams Trial: Mother guilty on 3 counts, father on 2|work=Goskagit.com|accessdate=7 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150406054050/http://www.goskagit.com/news/local_news/williams-trial-mother-guilty-on-counts-father-on/article_b5c44ebe-19a2-11e3-9b0a-001a4bcf887a.html|archive-date=6 April 2015|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.king5.com/news/local/Jury-deliberating-in-Sedro-Woolley-child-death-222991771.html |title=Couple convicted in Sedro-Woolley abuse case |date=9 September 2013 |publisher=King5.com |accessdate=7 December 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202233305/http://www.king5.com/news/local/Jury-deliberating-in-Sedro-Woolley-child-death-222991771.html |archivedate=2 February 2014 }}</ref>
+'''Hana Grace-Rose Williams''' (born '''Hana Alemu''', June 19, 1997 – May 12, 2011)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hodson |first=Jeff |date=2011-09-29 |title=Murder charges for parents who left girl outside |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/murder-charges-for-parents-who-left-girl-outside/ |access-date=2022-05-02 |website=The Seattle Times |language=en-US}}</ref> was a girl adopted from [[Ethiopia]] by an American couple living in [[Sedro-Woolley, Washington]]. She died in 2011 of [[hypothermia]], according to an autopsy, and her adoptive parents Carri and Larry Williams were convicted in September 2013.<ref name="nydailynews.com"/><ref name="seattletimes.com">{{cite web |last=Hodson |first=Jeff |date=27 November 2011 |title=Did Hana's parents 'train' her to death? |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/did-hanas-parents-train-her-to-death/ |url-status= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |accessdate=7 December 2014 |work=The Seattle Times}}</ref><ref name="lemleychapel.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.lemleychapel.com/memorials/hana-grace-rose-williams/|title=Hana Grace-Rose Williams|work=Lemley Chapel|date=12 May 2011 |accessdate=7 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141017030402/http://www.lemleychapel.com/memorials/hana-grace-rose-williams/|archive-date=17 October 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> The adoptive father was later convicted of [[manslaughter]] in her death.<ref name="nydailynews.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/couple-guilty-death-adopted-daughter-article-1.1450744|title=Couple guilty in death of adopted daughter|work=NY Daily News|date=10 September 2013 |accessdate=7 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141016052043/http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/couple-guilty-death-adopted-daughter-article-1.1450744|archive-date=16 October 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> Carri Williams was convicted of "homicide by abuse" for Williams' abuse and death and was convicted of "first-degree assault of a child" for abusing a second adopted Ethiopian child who survived and testified at her trial.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.goskagit.com/news/local_news/williams-trial-mother-guilty-on-counts-father-on/article_b5c44ebe-19a2-11e3-9b0a-001a4bcf887a.html|title=Williams Trial: Mother guilty on 3 counts, father on 2|work=Goskagit.com|date=9 September 2013 |accessdate=7 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150406054050/http://www.goskagit.com/news/local_news/williams-trial-mother-guilty-on-counts-father-on/article_b5c44ebe-19a2-11e3-9b0a-001a4bcf887a.html|archive-date=6 April 2015|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.king5.com/news/local/Jury-deliberating-in-Sedro-Woolley-child-death-222991771.html |title=Couple convicted in Sedro-Woolley abuse case |date=9 September 2013 |publisher=King5.com |accessdate=7 December 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202233305/http://www.king5.com/news/local/Jury-deliberating-in-Sedro-Woolley-child-death-222991771.html |archivedate=2 February 2014 }}</ref>
 ==Background==
-Williams was adopted by Carri and Larry Williams in 2008 through Adoption Advocates International (AAI), an adoption agency based in [[Port Angeles, Washington]]. Before her adoption, she lived in Kidane Mehret Children's Home, a [[Catholic Church in Ethiopia|Catholic]] orphanage in [[Addis Ababa]] affiliated with AAI.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slate.com/articles/double_x/doublex/2013/11/hana_williams_the_tragic_death_of_an_ethiopian_adoptee_and_how_it_could.html|title=Hana Williams: The tragic death of an Ethiopian adoptee, and how it could happen again.|work=Slate Magazine|accessdate=7 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141209064036/http://www.slate.com/articles/double_x/doublex/2013/11/hana_williams_the_tragic_death_of_an_ethiopian_adoptee_and_how_it_could.html|archive-date=9 December 2014|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Prosecutors-describe-house-of-horrors-in-Hana-Williams-trial-222436271.html|title=Prosecutors describe 'house of horrors' in Hana Williams trial|work=KOMO News|accessdate=7 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141213112548/http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Prosecutors-describe-house-of-horrors-in-Hana-Williams-trial-222436271.html|archive-date=13 December 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>
+Hana Grace-Rose Williams was adopted by Carri and Larry Williams in 2008 through Adoption Advocates International (AAI), an adoption agency based in [[Port Angeles, Washington]]. Before her adoption, she lived in Kidane Mehret Children's Home, a [[Catholic Church in Ethiopia|Catholic]] orphanage in [[Addis Ababa]] affiliated with AAI.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slate.com/articles/double_x/doublex/2013/11/hana_williams_the_tragic_death_of_an_ethiopian_adoptee_and_how_it_could.html|title=Hana Williams: The tragic death of an Ethiopian adoptee, and how it could happen again.|work=Slate Magazine|date=9 November 2013 |accessdate=7 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141209064036/http://www.slate.com/articles/double_x/doublex/2013/11/hana_williams_the_tragic_death_of_an_ethiopian_adoptee_and_how_it_could.html|archive-date=9 December 2014|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Prosecutors-describe-house-of-horrors-in-Hana-Williams-trial-222436271.html|title=Prosecutors describe 'house of horrors' in Hana Williams trial|work=KOMO News|accessdate=7 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141213112548/http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Prosecutors-describe-house-of-horrors-in-Hana-Williams-trial-222436271.html|archive-date=13 December 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>
-After being adopted, Hana was regularly spanked, locked in a closet, and denied food as punishment. She was not allowed to wear clothes, only a towel. She was also forced to sleep in a barn and take showers with a garden hose.<ref name="seattletimes.com" />
+After being adopted, Hana was regularly spanked, locked in a closet, and denied food as punishment. She was not allowed to wear clothes, only a towel. She was also forced to sleep in a barn and take showers with a garden hose.<ref name="seattletimes.com" /> Hana's post-adoption weight loss directly contributed to her death.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hodson |first=Jeff |date=September 29, 2011 |title=Murder charges for parents who left girl outside |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/murder-charges-for-parents-who-left-girl-outside/ |access-date=September 15, 2024 |website=The Seattle Times}}</ref>
-According to a memorial statement posted by her adoptive parents on the Lemley Chapel website, Williams "enjoyed knitting and crocheting, reading, drawing and various crafts, playing soccer and riding her bicycle."<ref name="lemleychapel.com"/> It is possible that she was [[Homeschooling|homeschooled]] by Carri.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hsinvisiblechildren.org/2013/05/04/hana-williams/|title=Hana Grace-Rose Williams|work=Homeschooling's Invisible Children|accessdate=7 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141210102337/http://hsinvisiblechildren.org/2013/05/04/hana-williams/|archive-date=10 December 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>
+According to a memorial statement posted by her adoptive parents on the Lemley Chapel website, Williams "enjoyed knitting and crocheting, reading, drawing and various crafts, playing soccer and riding her bicycle."<ref name="lemleychapel.com"/> It is possible that she was [[Homeschooling|homeschooled]] by Carri.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hsinvisiblechildren.org/2013/05/04/hana-williams/|title=Hana Grace-Rose Williams|work=Homeschooling's Invisible Children|date=4 May 2013 |accessdate=7 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141210102337/http://hsinvisiblechildren.org/2013/05/04/hana-williams/|archive-date=10 December 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>
-In addition to being the adoptive parents of Williams and an Ethiopian boy, Carri and Larry have seven biological children.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-12-20 |title=Adoptive parents on trial in Ethiopian girl’s death {{!}} Local News {{!}} The Seattle Times |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141220080315/http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2021647079_hanatrialxml.html |access-date=2022-05-02 |website=web.archive.org}}</ref> The children reported the abuse to CPS 2 weeks after Hana’s death, when CPS returned to the home to investigate. <ref>{{Cite web |first=Washington Court of Appeals |date=November 25, 2019 |title=Opinion |url=https://www.courts.wa.gov/opinions/pdf/774166.pdf}}</ref> At Carri and Larry's trial in 2013, their other adopted child and some of their biological children testified to the abuse. <ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-08-06 |title=Kids testify in parents' murder and abuse trial |url=https://www.kiro7.com/news/kids-testify-parents-murder-and-abuse-trial/246537580/ |access-date=2022-06-12 |website=KIRO 7 News Seattle |language=en}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-08-06 |title=Jurors hear shocking details in child murder trial |url=https://www.kiro7.com/news/jurors-hear-shocking-details-child-murder-trial/246536403/ |access-date=2022-06-12 |website=KIRO 7 News Seattle |language=en}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite web |last=Cole |first=Gina |title=Williams son: Hana was 'possessed,' siblings should keep quiet |url=https://www.goskagit.com/news/crime/williams-son-hana-was-possessed-siblings-should-keep-quiet/article_c7055602-796f-5f74-8b65-7adde6b78cca.html |access-date=2022-06-12 |website=goSkagit |language=en}}</ref> Carri Williams, convicted of
+In addition to being the adoptive parents of Williams and an Ethiopian boy, Carri and Larry have seven biological children.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-12-20 |title=Adoptive parents on trial in Ethiopian girl's death {{!}} Local News {{!}} The Seattle Times |url=http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2021647079_hanatrialxml.html |access-date=2022-05-02 |archive-date=2014-12-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141220080315/http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2021647079_hanatrialxml.html |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref> The children reported the abuse to CPS two weeks after Hana’s death, when CPS returned to the home to investigate.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Washington Court of Appeals |date=November 25, 2019 |title=Opinion |url=https://www.courts.wa.gov/opinions/pdf/774166.pdf}}</ref> At Carri and Larry's trial in 2013, their other adopted child and some of their biological children testified to the abuse.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-08-06 |title=Kids testify in parents' murder and abuse trial |url=https://www.kiro7.com/news/kids-testify-parents-murder-and-abuse-trial/246537580/ |access-date=2022-06-12 |website=KIRO 7 News Seattle |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-08-06 |title=Jurors hear shocking details in child murder trial |url=https://www.kiro7.com/news/jurors-hear-shocking-details-child-murder-trial/246536403/ |access-date=2022-06-12 |website=KIRO 7 News Seattle |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Cole |first=Gina |title=Williams son: Hana was 'possessed,' siblings should keep quiet |url=https://www.goskagit.com/news/crime/williams-son-hana-was-possessed-siblings-should-keep-quiet/article_c7055602-796f-5f74-8b65-7adde6b78cca.html |access-date=2022-06-12 |website=goSkagit |date=19 August 2013 |language=en}}</ref> Carri Williams, convicted of
-homicide by abuse and first-degree assault of a child, was sentenced to 36 years and 11 months in prison. Larry Williams, convicted of first-degree manslaughter and first-degree assault of a child, was sentenced to 27 years and nine months in prison.
+homicide by abuse and first-degree assault of a child, was sentenced to 36 years and 11 months in prison. Larry Williams, convicted of first-degree manslaughter and first-degree assault of a child, was sentenced to 27 years and nine months in prison.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.goskagit.com/all_access/decades-in-prison-for-williams-couple/article_b0065547-b4be-5341-b468-657173cd5a58.html|title=Decades in prison for Williams couple|work=Goskagit.com|date=30 October 2013 |accessdate=7 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150628042554/http://www.goskagit.com/all_access/decades-in-prison-for-williams-couple/article_b0065547-b4be-5341-b468-657173cd5a58.html|archive-date=28 June 2015|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2021706504_fathertestifiesxml.html|title=Father testifies about shame, regret over daughter's death|work=The Seattle Times|accessdate=7 December 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141220080311/http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2021706504_fathertestifiesxml.html|archivedate=20 December 2014}}</ref>
-<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.goskagit.com/all_access/decades-in-prison-for-williams-couple/article_b0065547-b4be-5341-b468-657173cd5a58.html|title=Decades in prison for Williams couple|work=Goskagit.com|accessdate=7 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150628042554/http://www.goskagit.com/all_access/decades-in-prison-for-williams-couple/article_b0065547-b4be-5341-b468-657173cd5a58.html|archive-date=28 June 2015|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2021706504_fathertestifiesxml.html|title=Father testifies about shame, regret over daughter's death|work=The Seattle Times|accessdate=7 December 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141220080311/http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2021706504_fathertestifiesxml.html|archivedate=20 December 2014}}</ref>
 ==Controversy regarding ''To Train Up a Child''==
-Williams's adoptive parents had a copy of the controversial parenting book ''[[To Train Up a Child]]'' by Michael and Debi Pearl, which encourages child abuse.<ref>{{cite news |last=Hodson |first=Jeff |title=Did Hana's parents "train" her to death? |url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2016875109_hana28m.html |date=November 27, 2011 |work=The Seattle Times |accessdate=28 February 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120229033208/http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2016875109_hana28m.html |archivedate=29 February 2012}}</ref><ref name="seattletimes.com"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.seattletimes.com/opinionnw/2013/09/10/hana-williams-parents-guilty/|title=Justice is served for Hana Williams' adoptive parents|work=The Seattle Times|accessdate=7 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141220080300/http://blogs.seattletimes.com/opinionnw/2013/09/10/hana-williams-parents-guilty/|archive-date=20 December 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> They had also given a copy of the book to an acquaintance, according to investigators.<ref name="seattletimes.com"/><ref name="Eckholm">{{cite web|last=Eckholm|first=Erik|title=Preaching Virtue of Spanking, Even as Deaths Fuel Debate|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/07/us/deaths-put-focus-on-pastors-advocacy-of-spanking.html?_r=4&pagewanted=all|date=November 6, 2011|work=The New York Times|accessdate=28 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113092404/http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/07/us/deaths-put-focus-on-pastors-advocacy-of-spanking.html?_r=4&pagewanted=all|archive-date=13 November 2013|url-status=live}}</ref>
+Williams's adoptive parents had a copy of the controversial parenting book ''[[To Train Up a Child]]'' by Michael and Debi Pearl, which recommends that parents use corporal punishment, of a kind that many child protection authorities regard as child abuse, to discipline their children.<ref>{{cite news |last=Hodson |first=Jeff |title=Did Hana's parents "train" her to death? |url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2016875109_hana28m.html |date=November 27, 2011 |work=The Seattle Times |accessdate=28 February 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120229033208/http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2016875109_hana28m.html |archivedate=29 February 2012}}</ref><ref name="seattletimes.com"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.seattletimes.com/opinionnw/2013/09/10/hana-williams-parents-guilty/|title=Justice is served for Hana Williams' adoptive parents|work=The Seattle Times|accessdate=7 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141220080300/http://blogs.seattletimes.com/opinionnw/2013/09/10/hana-williams-parents-guilty/|archive-date=20 December 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> They had also given a copy of the book to an acquaintance, according to investigators.<ref name="seattletimes.com"/><ref name="Eckholm">{{cite web|last=Eckholm|first=Erik|title=Preaching Virtue of Spanking, Even as Deaths Fuel Debate|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/07/us/deaths-put-focus-on-pastors-advocacy-of-spanking.html?_r=4&pagewanted=all|date=November 6, 2011|work=The New York Times|accessdate=28 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113092404/http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/07/us/deaths-put-focus-on-pastors-advocacy-of-spanking.html?_r=4&pagewanted=all|archive-date=13 November 2013|url-status=live}}</ref>
-On his website, Michael Pearl responded to the deaths of Hana Williams, Sean Paddock, and [[Death of Lydia Schatz|Lydia Schatz]] by noting that "we share in the sadness over the tragic death of Hana Williams",<ref>{{cite web|title=Hana Williams Official Statement|url=http://nogreaterjoy.org/ministry/answers/hana-williams-official-statement|work=No Greater Joy website|accessdate=28 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130317124710/http://nogreaterjoy.org/ministry/answers/hana-williams-official-statement/|archive-date=17 March 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> but also that "I laugh at my caustic critics, for our properly-spanked and trained children grow to maturity in great peace and love" who become "entrepreneurs that pay the taxes your children will receive in entitlements." He made no comment on who paid the taxes for the prosecution and incarceration of the people who used his book as fuel for child murder.<ref>{{cite web|title=Laughing|url=http://nogreaterjoy.org/2010/03/01/laughing/|work=No Greater Joy website|accessdate=8 August 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928212848/http://nogreaterjoy.org/2010/03/01/laughing/|archive-date=28 September 2013|url-status=live}}</ref>
+On his website, Michael Pearl responded to the deaths of Hana Williams, Sean Paddock, and [[Death of Lydia Schatz|Lydia Schatz]] by noting that "we share in the sadness over the tragic death of Hana Williams",<ref>{{cite web|title=Hana Williams Official Statement|url=http://nogreaterjoy.org/ministry/answers/hana-williams-official-statement|work=No Greater Joy website|date=8 November 2011 |accessdate=28 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130317124710/http://nogreaterjoy.org/ministry/answers/hana-williams-official-statement/|archive-date=17 March 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> but also that "I laugh at my caustic critics, for our properly-spanked and trained children grow to maturity in great peace and love" who become "entrepreneurs that pay the taxes your children will receive in entitlements."<ref>{{cite web|title=Laughing|url=http://nogreaterjoy.org/2010/03/01/laughing/|work=No Greater Joy website|date=March 2010 |accessdate=8 August 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928212848/http://nogreaterjoy.org/2010/03/01/laughing/|archive-date=28 September 2013|url-status=live}}</ref>
-Pearl spoke to the media about the controversy, stating that because the plastic tubing he recommends in the book is of a certain size, he is not responsible when parents who follow his lead use tubing that he believes is too big and end up murdering their children.<ref name="Eckholm"/><ref name="CNN">{{cite news|last=Cooper|first=Anderson|title=Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees, Aired October 26, 2011|url=http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1110/26/acd.02.html|publisher=CNN|accessdate=8 August 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004103451/http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1110/26/acd.02.html|archive-date=4 October 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> Pearl also stated, "What her parents did is diametrically opposed to the philosophy of No Greater Joy Ministries and what is taught in the book."<ref>{{cite web|last=Burnett|first=Thane|title=Was child abused to death due to advice from book?|url=http://www.torontosun.com/2011/10/06/was-child-abused-to-death-due-to-advice-from-book|date=October 8, 2011 |work=Toronto Sun|accessdate=28 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111111220723/http://www.torontosun.com/2011/10/06/was-child-abused-to-death-due-to-advice-from-book|archive-date=11 November 2011|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[The New York Times]]'' claimed that the Williamses took the book's advice, particularly the Pearls' recommendation that parents starve their children by claiming that "a little fasting is good training", to extremes.<ref name="Eckholm"/> A witness in the trial reported that the Williamses followed the book's recommendations "to use a switch, cold baths, withhold food and force children outside in cold weather as punishment," all of which were used on Williams.<ref name="KIRO">{{cite news|last=Stoll|first=Lee|title=Kids testify in parents' murder and abuse trial|url=http://www.kirotv.com/news/news/kids-testify-parents-murder-and-abuse-trial/nZFhw/|publisher=KIRO TV|accessdate=7 August 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130809060657/http://www.kirotv.com/news/news/kids-testify-parents-murder-and-abuse-trial/nZFhw/|archive-date=9 August 2013|url-status=live}}</ref>
+Pearl spoke to the media about the controversy, stating that because the plastic tubing he recommends in the book is of a certain size, he is not responsible when parents who follow his lead use tubing that he believes is too big and end up murdering their children.<ref name="Eckholm"/><ref name="CNN">{{cite news|last=Cooper|first=Anderson|title=Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees, Aired October 26, 2011|url=http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1110/26/acd.02.html|publisher=CNN|accessdate=8 August 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004103451/http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1110/26/acd.02.html|archive-date=4 October 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> Pearl also stated, "What her parents did is diametrically opposed to the philosophy of No Greater Joy Ministries and what is taught in the book."<ref>{{cite news|last=Burnett|first=Thane|title=Was child abused to death due to advice from book?|url=http://www.torontosun.com/2011/10/06/was-child-abused-to-death-due-to-advice-from-book|date=October 8, 2011 |newspaper=Toronto Sun|accessdate=28 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111111220723/http://www.torontosun.com/2011/10/06/was-child-abused-to-death-due-to-advice-from-book|archive-date=11 November 2011|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[The New York Times]]'' claimed that the Williamses took the book's advice, particularly the Pearls' recommendation that parents starve their children by claiming that "a little fasting is good training", to extremes.<ref name="Eckholm"/> A witness in the trial reported that the Williamses followed the book's recommendations "to use a switch, cold baths, withhold food and force children outside in cold weather as punishment," all of which were used on Williams.<ref name="KIRO">{{cite news|last=Stoll|first=Lee|title=Kids testify in parents' murder and abuse trial|url=http://www.kirotv.com/news/news/kids-testify-parents-murder-and-abuse-trial/nZFhw/|publisher=KIRO TV|accessdate=7 August 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130809060657/http://www.kirotv.com/news/news/kids-testify-parents-murder-and-abuse-trial/nZFhw/|archive-date=9 August 2013|url-status=live}}</ref>
 ==See also==
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 *[[Nathaniel Craver|Death of Nathaniel Craver]]
 *[[Murder of Victoria Climbié]]
-*[[Death of Lydia Schatz]]
+*[[Murder of Lydia Schatz]]
 *[[Joel Steinberg]]
 *[[Michael Pearl]]
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+[[Category:2011 murders in the United States]]
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 [[Category:Child abuse in the United States]]
 [[Category:Adoption in the United States]]
-[[Category:2011 murders in the United States]]
+[[Category:May 2011 crimes in the United States]]
 [[Category:Ethiopian emigrants to the United States]]
+[[Category:Filicides in the United States]]