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Mo. Cops Seek Bodies, Kids' Notes on Abuse

Police dig up farm where 5 men charged with child rape

By Mary Papenfuss,  Newser Staff

Posted Nov 12, 2009 4:25 AM CST

(Newser) – Investigators are digging up property at a Missouri farm where an elderly man and his four sons have been charged in repeated sexual assaults of young relatives, according to officials. Police are searching for bodies, as well as buried glass jars containing handwritten notes by children detailing their abuse up to 15 years ago. Burrell Edward Mohler Sr. and his sons were arrested Tuesday and arraigned today.

Police descended on the home after reports from a victim who recalled being ordered to line up on a bed with other children to be assaulted, reports the Kansas City Star. The attacks were often preceded by fake "marriages" in which the girls were given white dresses and flowers, police said.

Investigators seek evidence in a major case of child sex abuse in Missouri yesterday.
Investigators seek evidence in a major case of child sex abuse in Missouri yesterday.   (Photo/Ed Zurga)
A lineup of the suspects.
A lineup of the suspects.   (AP Photo/Lafayette County Sheriff's Department)
Investigators search for evidence on a rural property in western Missouri for bodies and buried glass jars containing notes written more than 15 years ago by children about sex abuse.
Investigators search for evidence on a rural property in western Missouri for bodies and buried glass jars containing notes written more than 15 years ago by children about sex abuse.   (Photo/Ed Zurga)
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COMMENTS
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notorious5to3
Nov 18, 2009 11:42 AM CST
I think I hear banjos..... YUCK!
Thinker
Nov 13, 2009 10:54 AM CST
Well, here's the unsurprising answer: "Senior, David and Jared Mohler were all lay ministers with the Community of Christ. The church quickly suspended their licenses. "
Silverbow7
Nov 13, 2009 3:27 AM CST
They got away with it for so many years... Someone must of spoken up in all that time. Who was not listening?

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