Mum accused of sexually abusing twins, 15, after missing boy found in bedroom
A 37-year-old mum faces a number of charges after being found naked with a missing 15-year-old boy, police say.
Ashleigh Watts, from Chesapeake, Virginia, is also accused of abusing the boy's twin brother who is the same age as her own son. She was caught when police turned up at her home looking for the missing boy and she asked them to wait outside while she put on a bra.
But a search of the home turned up the boy hiding under the bed. “Officers advised several minutes later that Watts returned to the door with her two still in the residence, allowing them to enter,” court records obtained by Law & Crime state.
“As officers removed the mattress in an upstairs bedroom, they were able to see a white male juvenile hiding in a small space that was only wearing boxer briefs. When asked by officers if he was [the runaway boy], he advised he was and presented his Learner’s Permit.”
Ashleigh Watts (L) had a boy the same age as the twins she allegedly abused (Ashleigh Watts / Facebook)She was charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor, but her rap sheet has since been updated to include three counts of indecency with a minor for the abuse of the teenagers.
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The twins lived across the street from Watts and were friends with Watt's son, according to court documents. The abuse went on for over a year before she was court, prosecutors claim.
The investigation was launched after an anonymous tip in February. That same month, Watts' husband said he came home at 2am to find his wife topless on their couch with the boy "pretending to be asleep,"
Police began investigating the mother of two when an anonymous tipster reported an alleged sexual relationship with the boys in February. When questioned by his parents, the boy said he had gone to the house to smoke marijuana and simply fell asleep.
According to court documents, the two families were "very close friends” and had an open-door policy between their homes. The twin's parents told officers the boys were often at the Watts home but they ahd assumed it was to spend time with their son.
One of the twins later confided in a neighbour that Watts had been having sex with them. Police wrote in a probable cause affidavit: “[The neighbor] told him that [redacted] confided in her that he has been having sex with Ms. Watts since June 2022. [Redacted] told her that he and Ms. Watts were in love and when he turned seventeen (17) years old, she was going to divorce her husband and they were going to get married.”
A mugshot of Watts (Ashleigh Watts / Facebook)After the extensive alleged abuse was revealed, one of the twins ran away and was found hiding in the Watts' bedroom three weeks later. His brother confessed to investigators that the suspect would invite him over to touch him inappropriately, despite his pleas for her to stop.
The documents filed by Watts' jilted spouse describe large amounts of cash, marijuana and a prepaid cell phone that were allegedly found after her arrest. She faces up to 30 years in prison if convicted.
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