Missing Haylee Donathan's Mother Get 3 Years in Jail For Role In Paedo Boyfriend's Escape

Haylee's mom gets 3 years for role in sex offender's escape

October 12, 2009

MANSFIELD — Haylee Donathan’s mother was sentenced this afternoon to three years in prison for her role in a convicted sex offender’s escape.



Candace Watson, 25, who has no listed address but previously lived in Crestline, could have gotten up to five years for complicity to escape. She helped Robbi Potter, 27, walk away from the local Volunteers of America halfway house. Potter’s flight led to a month-long nationwide manhunt for the couple and Watson’s 4-year-old daughter.

Watson pleaded guilty to the third-degree felony last month. Richland County Common Pleas Judge James DeWeese said she could apply for early release from prison, but he gave no time frame.

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Haylee Donathan
(Missing Child)
Recovered , Jun 23, 2009

http://www.amw.com/missing_children/case.cfm?id=66135

Now just where else have we seen that two-fingers gesture recently?

Now the Grandmother who was seeking custody of Haylee Donathan has been charged with drug trafficking.

Grandmother Seeking Custody Of Granddaughter Indicted

20th October 2009

The grandmother of a Crestline girl who was taken from Ohio to California by her mother and her mother's sex-offender boyfriend, was indicted Monday by the Richland County Grand Jury on three counts of drug trafficking.

Mary Watson, 47, is accused of selling morphine, hydrocodone and alprazolam in three separate incidents. Watson was arrested on Sept. 1 by the METRICH Enforcement Unit which handled the investigation.

Watson is one of several parties seeking custody of her 5-year-old granddaughter Haylee Donathan, who was the subject of a month-long manhunt after being taken by her mother Candace Watson and her boyfriend, Robbi Potter. Haylee is currently in the custody of Richland County Children Services. The custody hearing is set for Nov. 16.

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