]In 2008, Larry and Carri Williams, a fundamentalist Christian couple from Washington, adopted eleven-year-old Hana Alemu and seven-year-old deaf boy Immanuel from Ethiopia. But instead of providing a loving home, the parents subjected them to unimaginable abuse and neglect while sparing their seven biological children. Guided by the controversial Christian parenting book "To Train Up a Child," Hana and Immanuel suffered beatings, food deprivation, exposure to the elements, and isolation. We examine the heartbreaking story of Hana's short life, the red flags that were missed A horrifying case that exposes the potential for abuse within the homeschooling community and international adoption system.
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]In 2008, Larry and Carri Williams, a fundamentalist Christian couple from Washington, adopted eleven-year-old Hana Alemu and seven-year-old deaf boy Immanuel from Ethiopia. But instead of providing a loving home, the parents subjected them to unimaginable abuse and neglect while sparing their seven biological children. Guided by the controversial Christian parenting book "To Train Up a Child," Hana and Immanuel suffered beatings, food deprivation, exposure to the elements, and isolation. We examine the heartbreaking story of Hana's short life, the red flags that were missed A horrifying case that exposes the potential for abuse within the homeschooling community and international adoption system.
For photos pertaining to this case, visit the online appendix at TrueCrimeCaseHistories.com.
For more information on this story and others in the True Crime Case Histories book series, visit us at JasonNealBooks.com or check us out on Amazon.