Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Hana Grace-Rose Williams (born Hana Alemu, 19 June 1997 – 12 May 2011) 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. The adoptive father was later convicted of manslaughter in her death. Carri Williams was convicted of "homicide by abuse" for Hana's abuse and death and was convicted of "first-degree assault of a child" for abusing a second adopted Ethiopian child that survived and testified at her trial.Hana was adopted by Carri and Larry Williams in 2008 through Adoption Advocates International (AAI), an adoption agency based in Port Angeles, Washington. Before being adopted, Hana lived in Kidane Mehret Children’s Home, a Catholic orphanage in Addis Ababa affiliated with AAI.She was regularly spanked and locked in a closet, denied food as punishment, not allowed to wear clothes, only a towel, and was forced to sleep in a barn and take garden-hose showers outside, according to an affidavit from the Skagit County Sheriff's Office. The affidavit was based on information from the couple's six biological children, another adopted child, medical experts, and other family and friends.According to a memorial statement posted by her adoptive parents on the Lemley Chapel website, Hana "enjoyed knitting and crocheting, reading, drawing and various crafts, playing soccer and riding her bicycle." She was homeschooled by Carri.In addition to being the adoptive parents of Hana and an Ethiopian boy, Carri and Larry have seven biological children. At Carri and Larry's trial, their biological children wrote letters saying that their parents are good and didn't abuse anyone.. }
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- Death_of_Hana_Grace-Rose_Williams abstract "Hana Grace-Rose Williams (born Hana Alemu, 19 June 1997 – 12 May 2011) 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. The adoptive father was later convicted of manslaughter in her death. Carri Williams was convicted of "homicide by abuse" for Hana's abuse and death and was convicted of "first-degree assault of a child" for abusing a second adopted Ethiopian child that survived and testified at her trial.Hana was adopted by Carri and Larry Williams in 2008 through Adoption Advocates International (AAI), an adoption agency based in Port Angeles, Washington. Before being adopted, Hana lived in Kidane Mehret Children’s Home, a Catholic orphanage in Addis Ababa affiliated with AAI.She was regularly spanked and locked in a closet, denied food as punishment, not allowed to wear clothes, only a towel, and was forced to sleep in a barn and take garden-hose showers outside, according to an affidavit from the Skagit County Sheriff's Office. The affidavit was based on information from the couple's six biological children, another adopted child, medical experts, and other family and friends.According to a memorial statement posted by her adoptive parents on the Lemley Chapel website, Hana "enjoyed knitting and crocheting, reading, drawing and various crafts, playing soccer and riding her bicycle." She was homeschooled by Carri.In addition to being the adoptive parents of Hana and an Ethiopian boy, Carri and Larry have seven biological children. At Carri and Larry's trial, their biological children wrote letters saying that their parents are good and didn't abuse anyone.".