BENTON COUNTY, ARKANSAS, Ark. — A judge has agreed to a motion for continuance pushing the joint jury trial for both Amber and Jamie Waterman back to December 4, 2023 after originally being slated for a trial in June.
Judge Robin Green's office has confirmed that Amber Waterman's Benton County arraignment has been pushed back after federal authorities wouldn't allow her to appear this morning.
Amber Waterman is charged with one count of kidnapping resulting in death— an indictment alleges that between Oct. 31 and Nov. 2, 2022, she kidnapped a pregnant woman in order to claim the unborn child as her own.
According to court records, Amber allegedly took the woman from Maysville, Ark., to Pineville, Mo. The indictment alleges the kidnapping resulted in her death.
Amber's husband, Jamie Waterman is charged in federal court with one count of being an accessory after the fact to kidnapping resulting in death. The indictment against him alleges that he assisted Amber in order to "hinder and prevent [Amber's] apprehension, trial, and punishment," knowing she had committed the kidnapping resulting in the death of Bush.
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