Sixth arrest announced in Missouri child sex case
By DAVID TWIDDY and BILL DRAPER, Associated Press
Nov 12, 2009 9:21 PM CST
Sixth arrest announced in Missouri child sex case
David Mohler is escorted to the courtroom at Lafayette Hall in Lexington, Mo., for his first appearance on Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009. Mohler is one of five men charged with forcible sodomy, rape with a child younger than 12 and use of a child in a sexual performance. (AP Photo/ John Sleezer, The Kansas...   (Associated Press)

Authorities say they have identified additional victims and arrested a sixth adult in a child sex abuse case in western Missouri.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol says the suspect arrested Thursday night is a 55-year-old Kansas City man not related to the other five defendants. He is described as an "associate" of the others, who include a 77-year-old man and his four adult sons.

The patrol says the man was arrested without incident in Jackson County on suspicion of raping a child less than 14 years old. He has been taken to a jail in neighboring Lafayette County Jail where the other defendants also are being held.

No information was released on the additional victims.

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