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Tonight, there are charges for Anke and David Doehm that link them to the death of their adopted daughter, 13 year old Faye Lin Cannon.

Police report that the DPP has directed them to jointly charge the Doehm’s with the crime of "Cruelty to a child.â€￾

Anke Doehm - who is in police custody - has already been arrested and charged while David Doehm - who is at the Hattieville Prison - will be formally arrested and charged tomorrow when he is brought down from prison.

Of course, it’s not a murder charge - which some might have expected - but the Police note that this crime carries a sentence of 10 years in jail.

So, tonight, the American couple faces the first charge that have them as some way responsible for the death of their child.

And so, what was up with the confusion caused by the Commissioner of Police last night? He said that they had been released, but when we checked, Anke Doehm was at the Queen Street Police Station and David Doehm was on remand at the Hattieville Prison.

The couple were brought in from San Pedro yesterday morning - causing quite a stir in the downtown area.

Today we asked the new officer commanding for the Northside, Senior Superintendent Ralph Moody to discuss the mix-up:..

Alex Courtenay
"We spoke to the commissioner yesterday and we had some information that we are not sure about in terms of the detention of the Doehms from San Pedro. Can you confirm to us that they are indeed detained at the Queen Street police station?"

Sr. Supt. Ralph Moody - Commander, Northside Police
"The young lady is at the Queen Street police station and the young man is at prison, I don't want to create any problems, if me and my boss have any problems I just want to be truthful. I believe at some point in time the boss was misled and that's why he made that statement. I really apologize for misleading our boss and it is not something intentional that we want to mislead the public right so we are getting it right and definitely it won't happen again."

The couple has been detained since last week Thursday - three days after their 13 year old adopted daughter, Faye Lin Cannon was found dead in their condominium. A post mortem found that she had been physically and sexually abused. She died of chest compression, or force to her chest so great that it snapped three ribs, one of which punctured her heart. Their other three adopted daughters have been in protective care of the Department of Human Services since July 6th.