🎧 Third Arrest Made in Vancouver Child Molestation Case
On Thursday, detectives from DECU served a search warrant at a Vancouver residence and arrested and booked 61-year-old William J. Sneiderwine into the Clark County Jail
VANCOUVER – The ongoing child molestation investigation involving former pediatrician Michael Wilmington, who was found deceased last Saturday, and Chad Hartley, who remains incarcerated in the Clark County Jail, is continuing.
Detectives from the Vancouver Police Department Digital Evidence Cybercrime Unit (DECU), have been working diligently to forensically examine digital evidence related to this case.
On Thursday (May 7), detectives from DECU served a search warrant at a Vancouver residence and arrested and booked 61-year-old William J. Sneiderwine into the Clark County Jail. Sneiderwine was charged with Conspiracy to Commit Child Molestation I and Tampering with Physical Evidence.
On Monday (May 11), detectives from the DECU and the Children’s Justice Center (CJC) arrested another individual associated with this investigation.
Anna May Hartley was taken into custody and booked into the Clark County Jail for Child Molestation I and Trafficking I.
The investigation is continuing and nothing further is releasable at this time.
Information provided by the Vancouver Police Department.
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