Warrant: Mom of Sabrina Ray threw out cell phones after her death

LINH TA   | The Des Moines Register

Search warrants from the evening Sabrina Ray was found starved to death in Perry reveal what happened that evening and the subsequent actions of her family.

Misty Ray, 40, and her husband, Marc Ray, 41, took in Sabrina as a foster child in 2011 and adopted her in 2013. They are charged in her death and face multiple felonies after the malnourished 16-year-old was found unresponsive May 12 at home in Perry, according to Perry police.

On the evening Sabrina was found dead at home, Josie Bousman, 20, Sabrina's cousin, was in charge of Sabrina and two other children. Before calling the police, she called her grandmother, Carla Bousman, 62, of Perry, to help her revive Sabrina, according to court documents.

When they realized she had died, they called her parents, Misty and Marc. Emergency dispatchers were called 10 minutes later, according to the documents.

At the time of the call, Misty and Marc were in Nashville, Tennessee, along with their son, Justin Ray.

According to the warrant, Marc told police that when Misty learned of Sabrina's death, she discarded her phone, Marc's phone, Justin's phone and her 10-year-old son's phone.

Justin Ray, 21, has been charged with two counts of child endangerment and two counts of willful injury after "drop-kicking" Sabrina down a basement staircase sometime between April 15 and May 1, police have said.

Sabrina's adoptive grandmother, Carla Bousman, was charged with first-degree kidnapping, child endangerment causing death and obstructing prosecution or defense for allegedly altering evidence at the crime scene and providing false evidence.

Josie Bousman has been charged after she allegedly admitted she helped injure Sabrina, helped keep her confined and denied her food and water, according to the complaint.

A trial won't likely happen until 2018, due to the extensive amount of evidence in the case.