Monday, June 12, 2023

GRIFFIN PD ANNOUNCE ARREST OF A 3RD FAMILY MEMBER IN CHILD ABUSE CASE

GRIFFIN, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - Griffin police say the biological son of a suspect in a child abuse case has been arrested in connection with the case.

Ethan Washburn was arrested in Tennessee on June 6. Washburn is the biological son of Krista Schindley, one of two suspects in a child abuse case.

Schindley and her husband Tyler are accused of abusing their 10-year-old son, withholding food from the boy. When a neighbor found him wandering their neighborhood, the child weighed only 36 pounds.

The Schindleys have been charged with cruelty to children, false imprisonment, battery, criminal attempt to commit a felony and attempted malice murder.

Washburn has been charged with aggravated assault in connection with the case. Griffin police did not clarify what evidence led to the arrest and charges. 

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