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Vancouver Police Arrest Additional Suspect In Child Molestation Investigation - 05/08/26

Vancouver, Wash. –The ongoing child molestation investigation involving former pediatrician Michael Wilmington, who was found deceased last Saturday, and Chad Hartley, who remains incarcerated in the Clark County Jail, is continuing.

 

Detectives from the Vancouver Police Department Digital Evidence Cybercrime Unit (DECU), have been working diligently to forensically examine digital evidence related to this case. 

 

On May 7, 2026, Detectives from DECU served a search warrant at a Vancouver residence and  arrested and booked into the Clark County Jail, William J. Sneiderwine, 61, for Conspiracy to Commit Child Molestation I and Tampering with Physical Evidence.

 

The investigation is continuing and nothing further is releasable at this time.

 

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Vancouver Police Arrest Additional Suspect In Child Molestation Investigation - 05/08/26

Vancouver, Wash. –The ongoing child molestation investigation involving former pediatrician Michael Wilmington, who was found deceased last Saturday, and Chad Hartley, who remains incarcerated in the Clark County Jail, is continuing.

 

Detectives from the Vancouver Police Department Digital Evidence Cybercrime Unit (DECU), have been working diligently to forensically examine digital evidence related to this case. 

 

On May 7, 2026, Detectives from DECU served a search warrant at a Vancouver residence and  arrested and booked into the Clark County Jail, William J. Sneiderwine, 61, for Conspiracy to Commit Child Molestation I and Tampering with Physical Evidence.

 

The investigation is continuing and nothing further is releasable at this time.

 

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