A Wichita Falls woman has been arrested on a Bowie Police warrant accused of making a false report alleging indecency with a child by her ex-husband and his wife.
She faces an additional complaint of tampering with a witness accused of “coaching” her seven-year-old daughter to make the allegations.
Bowie Police Lt. Randy Hanson said he has been investigating the case since the complaint was made on Jan. 16 by Sarah Ann Mitchell, who is the biological mother of the reported seven-old-year victim. The complaint said the incident occurred between June and December 2017.
“She told us her daughter has reported the abuse citing her biological father and his wife as the perpetrators of criminal acts that constitute indecency with a child,” said Hanson.
During the investigation the detective said there were numerous inconsistencies as well as distinct indicators the information was false. The suspects also underwent a lie detector test conducted by the polygraph criminal investigations unit of the Department of Public Safety, which they both passed.
“In the end we believe the mother, who was about to go into a custody battle with the father, coached the victim and it was all false,” said Hanson.
Mitchell was arrested Wednesday on complaints of making a false report to a law officer, a class B misdemeanor and tampering with a witness, a third degree felony.

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