A Mayer man’s suicide last month after he was accused of child sexual abuse has led to the arrest of his wife on child sex charges and failure to report her husband’s offenses, according court documents.
Laura Beth Peters, 28, was indicted on charges including two counts of sexual conduct with a minor, sexual abuse, and failure to report the neglect of a minor. She was arrested when her husband, Nathan Peters, 38, committed suicide in May after a female victim, 16, reported to police that he had had sexual contact with her about four years ago, a police probable cause statement said.
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Laura told police that she and her husband were nudists, and that, in late 2008 or early 2009, Nathan had fondled the female victim, and she had done the same with an 11-year-old boy, the statement said.
While in Flagstaff in May, the female victim told him that she had made a statement to police about the abuse. Nathan committed suicide on May 11.
Laura said she had sexual contact with the boy, but had stopped because they “decided this was wrong,” the statement said.
In court Monday, her attorney, Allen Bickart, entered a plea of not guilty.
He noted that the state had made no plea agreement offer yet, “And I don’t expect there will be one,” he added.
Laura Peters next appears in court Aug. 5. She’s being held without bond.
