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Update on Williams Court Case

October 27, 2012 By Hermana Linda Leave a Comment

The Williams Court Case is in the news again.  This story in The Komo News reviews what happened to Hana Alemu “Williams” and how charges came to be filed over a year ago and brings us up to date with where the case stands now.  For more info about this case, please see my Hana Amelu “Williams tag.

According to this news story:

Hana’s death also plays a prominent role in a new report ordered by the governor’s office on the severe abuse of adopted children. The state doesn’t do any background checks or home checks on international or private adoptions, and is looking into standardizing those procedures.

The report referenced can be found here, but remember that as it discusses this case and other severe abuse cases, it is probably not for the faint of heart.

I do not have the recently released DSHS report, but I do have the very disturbing sheriff’s report which was released last year.

 

 

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The Williams To Be In Court July 27

July 26, 2012 By Hermana Linda 2 Comments

Habtamu Bekele posts on the Remembrance of Hanna Williams Facebook page:

Carrie and Larry Williams (Hana’s acused murderers) will appear in Mt Vernon Courthouse this coming Friday July 27th. The Greater Seattle Area Ethiopian community will be there as Hana’s advocate and family. We would like to show the court as well as Carrie and Larry that we want justice for Hana. If you want to go please come to The Ethiopian community center at 8323 Rainier Ave South at 7AM in the morning on July 27th. We will take the community van and if we need more transportation we will add cars. If you want to go please call Mulu @ 206-427-3831 to confirm.

In case anyone is wondering, this court date is for, “Order To Continue Omnibus Hrg.” The trial is still scheduled for October 1st of this year.  If anyone with legal experience cares to translate the info I just gave you, please leave it in a comment and I will edit this post.

Update: This hearing was continued to 08-17-2012.  Note that continuances are totally normal in every kind of trail and to be expected in a serious case such as this one.

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Hana Fund

October 25, 2011 By Hermana Linda Leave a Comment

Here is an article from ZenaEthiopia about Hana and the fund which has been started to help make sure that nothing like this ever happens again:  Ethiopian Community Mutual Association of Seattle Announces Hana Fund.

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