Investigators are digging up a rural Missouri property looking for notes they say six children buried in glass jars documenting years of nightmarish sexual abuse allegedly at the hands of their grandfather, father and three uncles. Police who are excavating the 55 acre property said they are also looking for bodies, although they would not say whether they were looking for bodies of adults or children.
The five men, three of whom were lay ministers with the Community of Christ church, have been arrested and appeared in court today to hear the charges against them, including forcible sodomy, rape with a child younger than 12 and use of a child in a sexual performance. They were shackled at their wrists, waists and ankles.
The men did not enter pleas and did not appear to have legal representation. Burrell Edward Mohler Sr., 77, the grandfather of the five girls and one boy – now all adults – faces the worst of the charges that include forcible rape of a child under the age of 12, two counts of felony rape and two counts of use of a child in a sexual performance.
His son and the father of the five children, Burrell Edward Mohler Jr., 53, was charged with forcible rape of a child under the age of 14 and two counts of use of a child in a sexual performance.
Also charged with sexual abuse were the children’s three uncles — David Mohler, 52, Jared Mohler, 48, and Roland Mohler, 47. According to a probable cause statement filed with the Lafayette County prosecutor’s office, the woman also told investigators that her grandfather, father and two uncles forced a series of sexual abuses on the children ranging from sodomy to bestiality.
The documents also describe fake marriages between the girls and their uncles in which the alleged victim “and her sisters would pick flowers to adorn their hair. They also wore special dresses.” The “weddings” were consumated in a trailer parked in the yard or the chicken coop, according to the probable cause filing. In addition, he said, “We’ve been given information that there could possibly be a body or bodies located on the property.”
It makes you wonder, where were the women when all of this was taking place…?
#20–Amodedoma==heh, heh. Humanity is not at issue. Being “male” is. How honest can any of us be with ourselves in appreciating the line between motive and action?
#21 Bobbo, You wanna wax philosophical, you go right ahead. I guess the line between motive and action is written with values. I find nothing attractive in the idea of hurting children. However, I do get major wood thinking about hurting someone capable of hurting children. If that makes me a hypocrite, so be it.
Let’s see the evidence first. All that’s been cited so far is the bare accusation.
And this sounds nastily familiar, too much like those cases of hysteria from the ’80s and ’90s.
Red State. ’nuff said
Lay people – figures.
http://tinyurl.com/yes4hrh
Brings up a lot of painful memories. I too was the victim of a family of pedophiles. My mother married a man when I was around the age of 3. He was the only father I really knew. Unfortunately he turned out to be the pedophile son of a pedophile who had a brother who was a pedophile. The only difference is that they all had their way with me just not together. Each of the multiple incidents happened in isolation of the others. So I am not sure if each knew the other was a pedophile. The most disgusting assault would take place during Sunday evening family movie watching in which my stepfather’s father would have me sit on his lap during the family get together. All of the lights would be off so that we could all view the home movies and he would have his hand up my dress the whole time.
If I wanted to tell the world about what happened to me they would not need evidence; the evidence lies with me. My life has been filled with an inability to be intimate with anyone. I am incapable of keeping a job (despite the fact that I have a doctoral degree) due to my inability to communicate with people secondary to the pain and anger I feel everyday. I feel like I am the walking dead never to enjoy what it feels like to be alive. Personally, I don’t know why people like my family and any pedophiles chooses to spare the lives of their victims. It seems to me that it is the ultimate insult; they don’t kill you, they leave you to feel dead for the rest of your beating heart days! Personally I believe there are worse things than death and I can prove that!
Bestiality?
Humans deserve the Large Hadron Colider.
Fire that puppy up!
Icky.
never trust an old white men.
#22–amodedoma==not surprising you would associate a sexual response to doing physical violence. On the continuum of depravity, I would put you center right, just past the traditionally religious. Seeps out every nook and cranny doesn’t it?
#27–survivor==you sound together enough to grab hold of yourself and “stop it.” Just stop it. Recognize your life is your own and 99% what you make of it. Make it better than you apparently have. It will take time, may never get finished, but improvements can be made.
Choose who you wish to be. Act as you wish to act. EMOTIONS should be championed when they are positive, overcome when they are destructive.
Now, GO for it.
More idiots from your local church.
#31 Bobbo
Nah, I’m a teddy bear really, but red in tooth and nail, not to the service of some animal instinct, but always there prepared to defend. My bark is worse than my bite.
Violence is exciting, but not so much so as I would confuse it with sex. All humans have the potential for violence and we all have the means to overcome it, not by repression but through reflection and realization of values. Humans are full of potentials and it’s up to each of us to choose which of those potentials are strengths and which are weaknesses. That probably sounds too much like morality for you to like it, but it’s my way of being honest with myself.
#33–amodedoma==you say “That probably sounds too much like morality for you to like it, but it’s my way of being honest with myself.” /// Thats just a rephrasing of what I posted myself. What???—you stopped reading when I went on to survivor???? How self centered you are.
No. “Too much like morality” would be my reaction to getting on your knees and quoting the bibble as the only source of morality for hoomans. But you slip up again saying: “Humans are full of potentials and it’s up to each of us to choose which of those potentials are strengths and which are weaknesses.” //// and now you have it exactly correct.
You flit from religion to rationality like a fly between shit and ice cream. Here’s wishing you find the sweet spot soon, and you slow down enough to avoid the brain freeze.
Pamela Troy,
Let’s see the evidence first.
Hhhmmm, how many people thought that way when the last Middle Eastern man made the news? If I recall correctly, there were many calls for harm against ALL mid-easterners.
Pamela Troy,
Let’s see the evidence first.
Hhhmmm, how many people thought that way when the last Middle Eastern man made the news? If I recall correctly, there were many calls for harm against ALL mid-easterners.
As for evidence, there is the sworn statements of six adults alleging specific sexual activities when they were under 12.
Bizarre Tales of Incest Bestiality and “recovered” memories
Why am I reminded of
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day_care_sex_abuse_hysteria
This sounds weird and my first rule of thumb is the stranger something sounds the less likely it will turn out to be true. Not to say that it can’t be true, and if these people did abuse children then they need to have their asses (along with other body parts) nailed to the wall. But I reserve my judgment till ALL the evidence is laid out before me.