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Published 10:14 17 Jun 2026 GMT
A mother of six has been charged with incest after allegedly sleeping with two of her adopted teenage sons, as disturbing text messages have been unveiled.
Amber Swain was arrested in May after her estranged husband, Daniel, reported her to authorities, according to the Daily Mail.
He filed a report with Washington's Department of Children Youth and Families, raising concerns about her relationship with the two teens, aged 17 and 18.
Despite the claims, she has pleaded not guilty.
Daniel even handed in several chilling text messages to help with the case against his wife, a teacher whom he has separated from.
Court documents reveal that one of the texts showed that one of Amber's adopted sons said he wanted to sleep in her bed again, wanting "it to happen again. Just once."
After one of her adopted sons made the request, she replied: "No, I love you so much," according to the affidavit.
"Nothing like that is ever going to happen. You will find someone who you love being with like that and care about."
The mom is a former executive director of a nonprofit that supports children in the foster care system, called Spokane Angels.
She was arrested on June 2, weeks after her husband alerted authorities, as she had been accused of starting a sexual relationship with at least one of the boys in December 2025, when he was just 17.
Authorities revealed that the Washington-based teacher adopted one of the boys involved after meeting him as a third grader in her classroom in 2017.
One of the boys alleged that he'd had sex with his mom "many times," with the latest incident at the time happening just two days before a police interview.
The boy claimed that his adoptive mom asked, "Should we be doing this?", during the first encounter, to which he said, "Yes."
Apparently, the teenager wanted it to happen again, as he became suspicious that his mom was sleeping with his sibling, after finding her underwear in his room and finding them locked in a room together.
He claimed he'd fallen asleep in Amber's bed one night, and woke to find her climbing in next to him, a "normal" occurrence as they had "cuddled since he was young."
When asked by officers, he said: "Things got handsy, that's all I'm going to say."
He recalled that he put his hand under Amber's clothing and even "changed positions several times," but after two minutes, she moved his hand away and said they couldn't do this, stopping it.
Amber denied any sexual contact with her adopted son, though later said that he touched her leg while she was asleep, and that she froze and moved it away twice.
She then told police that she didn't know why, but she "leaned in," claiming that she might have been "half asleep or something" before pushing his hand away.
While Amber originally denied any sexual contact with the other boy in question, she admitted to having sex with him, starting in February this year.
However, the victim claimed it started in December, meaning he would have been 17 at the time, but his adoptive mother said that he got the dates wrong - his 18th birthday was in January.
Amber then switched her story and claimed her timeline could be wrong instead.
No-contact orders obtained by the Daily Mail showed the younger alleged victim was 16 at the time of Swain’s arrest.
Following her admission, police seized her phone, despite her objections that they had no right to take it without a warrant.
The teacher would be charged with incest in the first degree, incest in the second degree, and sexual misconduct with a minor in the first degree.
Having pleaded not guilty at her arraignment last week (June 8), she faces up to 10 years in prison if convicted on the most serious count.
Amber is known for her advocacy for fostering and adoption, often taking to social media in the past to encourage others to consider the options.
But in one clip, she spoke about how she felt about the boy who would become her adopted son, explaining: "Throughout the year, I just grew to love him,
"I saw his resilience, his potential and just grew to love him. He really inspired my husband and I to start fostering."
Amber and her estranged husband started caring for the boy and his brother, with the couple starting to foster a third boy before adopting the trio in November 2019, adding them to the three biological children in their family.
Amber has been placed on administrative leave from Pend Oreille River School, the Newport School District's alternative high school, ahead of her trial on October 6.
