Foster Mom Accused of Sex with Foster Son

(Iredell County, North Carolina) A 25-year-old pregnant foster mother, Wendy Mathena, has been arrested for allegedly engaging in a year-long sexual relationship with her 15-year-old foster son. Investigators believe Mathena is carrying the boy's child.

Mathena has been charged with multiple offenses including statutory rape, taking indecent liberties with a minor, sexual activity by a substitute parent and one count of statutory sex offense.

According to police, Mathena was a licensed therapeutic foster care provider. This means, she was qualified to care for children with higher needs, mostly kids who are victims of extreme mental, physical and sexual abuse.

She was caring for two other male foster children at the time of her arrest. Investigators are now trying to figure out if she sexually abused either one of them.

According to Iredell County Sheriff's Sgt. Bill Hamby, "She cried some and told me she knew it was wrong what they were doing."

Mathena may also be charged in Catawba County since the boy alleges they had sex while visiting his biological mother.

Mathena was booked into custody at the Iredell County Jail with bond set at $105,000.