A mom in Duncan, Oklahoma, has been arrested and charged with incest for marrying her daughter after divorcing her son, the Associated Press reports.
According to the AP, Patricia Ann Spann, 43, and her daughter, Misty Velvet Dawn Spann, were charged with incest on Wednesday, September 7, after appearing at Stephens County district court.
Police learned about their marriage last month after a child welfare investigation. According to the AP, Patricia told a child services investigator that she’d lost custody of her children and that they were adopted by their grandmother. According to a police affidavit, Patricia reunited with her daughter, 25, and claimed that she thought the marriage was legal because her name isn’t listed on her daughter’s birth certificate.
The 43-year-old woman had previously married her son, whose name is not listed, in 2008. The son filed for an annulment 15 months later, citing incest, the AP reports.
The women — who wore matching Superwoman shirts in their mug shots — are each being held on a $10,000 bond at Stephens County Jail.
