Superseding indictments were returned against former First United Methodist Reverend Paige Williams and former daycare director Abby Leach—they were both previously charged with only one county of complicity to child abuse, but now they’re indicted on eight counts each of complicity to criminal child abuse against children under the age 12. The indictments allege they “breached their legal duty to protect the minor children by failing to prevent Alison Simpson and or Nina Cook from intentionally abusing” those children. In each count, the victim is described as being under the age of 13 months old.
All of the counts allege Simpson placed the victims “in a situation that may cause serious physical injury, causing torture, cruel confinement or cruel punishment.” A fourth suspect, former daycare worker Nina Morgan, is charged with two-counts of criminal child abuse.