Before her adoption, she lived in Kidane Mehret Children's Home, a Catholic orphanage in Addis Ababa affiliated with AAI.
[9] According to a memorial statement posted by her adoptive parents on the Lemley Chapel website, Williams "enjoyed knitting and crocheting, reading, drawing and various crafts, playing soccer and riding her bicycle.
[13][14][15] Carri Williams, convicted of homicide by abuse and first-degree assault of a child, was sentenced to 36 years and 11 months in prison.
[3][20] On his website, Michael Pearl responded to the deaths of Hana Williams, Sean Paddock, and Lydia Schatz by noting that "we share in the sadness over the tragic death of Hana Williams",[21] but also that "I laugh at my caustic critics, for our properly-spanked and trained children grow to maturity in great peace and love" who become "entrepreneurs that pay the taxes your children will receive in entitlements.
[20][23] Pearl also stated, "What her parents did is diametrically opposed to the philosophy of No Greater Joy Ministries and what is taught in the book.