TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — Prosecutors in Tacoma, Wash., have charged the wife of a Pierce County firefighter who killed himself while been investigated over allegations he sexually abused the couple’s two adopted daughters.
The News Tribune reports (http://bit.ly/n3LnRo) the Eatonville woman faces up to 15 years in prison if convicted of tampering with a witness, unlawful imprisonment and criminal mistreatment.
She is accused of covering up the alleged molestation, hitting the couple’s 12-year-old daughter with a metal spatula and locking their 14-year-old daughter in a bedroom for up to a week without food, water or access to a bathroom.
The sheriff’s office says the Central Pierce Fire and Rescue lieutenant killed himself in June while he was under investigation.