State v. Marten

Langenbach, J. †

Tammy Miley was a nurse working for a Seattle doctor who had the defendant as a patient. In November 1965, she began to keep company with defendant, although she was still married to a man in Detroit, who was seeking a divorce. She had in her custody a daughter, Becky, 1-year of age. By Christmas she and defendant had agreed to get married when it was possible and commenced to live together in her apartment. In a short time she became pregnant.

In the meantime, her husband came to Seattle and surreptitiously abducted the child and returned with her to Michigan. Mrs. Miley…