SALINE CO.— The mother of three girls, now ages 15, 13 and 12, who are alleged to have been sexually assaulted by her husband, the girls’ biological father, has been charged with three felonies after police say she asked each of the girls to change their statements.
On the same day that Jacob Lawrence Foster, 33, of 319 Lentz Lane, Eldorado, was charged with three counts of Predatory Criminal Sexual Assault (August 26, 2015), the girl’s mother, Anna A. Foster, 41, also of 319 Lentz Lane, is said to have committed the offense of Unlawful Communication with a Witness.
Two of the counts that Jacob Foster were charged with dated back to October 1, 2005 and the third to June 1, 2010.
But now it appears that Anna Foster, whose daughters’ ages could be measured in the single digits when the crimes against them are said to have happened, may have had more of an idea of what was going on that she let on.
At least, it appears, she was sure more charges against her husband were inevitable.
On that August 23 day she allegedly, with intent to deter her daughters from testifying truthfully in her husband’s upcoming trial, instructed the now --year-old to say that her father had only touched her stomach or leg.
The now-13-year-old was instructed to say that her father had only touched her leg and the now-15-year-old was instructed to say that her reports of being sexually assaulted by her own father didn’t actually happen and that her memories of the crime were merely a dream.
On September 10, Jacob Foster was additionally charged with one count of Aggravated Criminal Sexual Abuse of a Victim Under 13 Years of Age, dating back to May 13, 2010; one count of Aggravated Criminal Sexual Abuse of a Victim While in a Position of Trust dating back to July 1, 2015; and one count of Predatory Criminal Sexual Assault dating back to December 29, 2009.
Allegations were that Jacob Foster performed oral sex on his minor daughter, digitally penetrated the vagina of the victim, touched her vagina with his hand and penetrated her vagina with his hand.
In a second case, also filed on Sept. 10, two counts of Aggravated Criminal Sexual Abuse are alleged.
Prosecutors say the crimes took place between May 13, 2010 and May 12, 2011. In that case Foster is accused of touching the vaginal area of JJF, born in May 2002, who was under the age of 13 when the alleged act was committed; and Aggravated Criminal Sexual Abuse against JJF, alleged to have been committed in July of 2015, in which it’s charged that he touched the girl’s vaginal area with his hand for the purpose of his own sexual gratification.
And finally in a third case, also filed on that Sept. 10 date, Jacob Foster faces a single count of Predatory Criminal Sexual Assault of a Child, identified as NEF, born in December 2003.
That crime is alleged to have occurred between December 29, 2009 and December 28, 2010; it is alleged that Foster “penetrated her vagina with his hand.”
Jacob Foster is currently being held in the Saline County Detention Center on $25,000 cash bond.
Anna A. Foster was released from police custody Dec. 18, 2015, after a $1,000 cash bond was posted on her behalf by Tammy Ennen, of 726 North Ill. St., West Frankfort.