RINGGOLD, Ga. – A psychology expert testified Friday that one of the girls alleging that a former kindergarten teacher molested her could have been led to that statement in an early interview.
Dr. Ann Hazzard, an associate professor in the department of pediatrics and psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Emory University, testified that she interviewed the third alleged victim in the Tonya Craft case after the girl’s interviews with local authorities.
Ms. Craft, a former Chickamauga Elementary School teacher, is charged with 22 counts of child molestation, aggravated sexual battery and aggravated child molestation. The charges involve three girls.
Called as an expert witness on the clinical psychology of children who have been sexually abused, Dr. Hazzard spent all day Friday on the stand.