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Mother says she didn't notice child abuse

Husband watched child porn, looked at picture of girl during sex with wife

By SCOTT DAUGHERTY, Staff Writer
Published 07/01/09

The mother was oblivious to the signs in 2000 and 2001.

Her husband was having sex with her 14-year-old daughter two or three times a week, but all the woman said she saw was the decorated soldier and devout Christian.

"I ask myself over and over, how could I not have known," the mother said, according to a recording of a court hearing. "When he constantly watched porn of 10-year-old girls until 3 in the morning, I should have known. He even pulled out a picture from his wallet (of my daughter) while having sex with me."

The Capital is not identifying the husband or the mother to protect the...

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