On Friday, the parents of the 8-year-old girl who was raped last summer have been arrested in Phoenix, Arizona. The Liberian girl said that she was sexually assaulted by four boys (all under 14 years of age) when they led her to a shed near her parents apartment. The parents blamed the little girl for being victimized, and according to court documents beat her with their fists, sticks and wires.
The mother, 47 and the father, 59 have been charged with seven counts of child abuse and were arrested Friday. Their names and the child’s name have not been released.
Child Protective Services has been called to the home several times since 2005 and those documents were used by police. Witnesses also said that the daughter went around the apartment complex alone begging for food, CNN reported. The young girl has been place in state custody for now.
In 2008, almost 20,000 complaints were investigated by Child and Family Services in Utah. Of those 42% were found to be true. Of those 53% of the children were female and 47% were male, and 42% were between the ages of 0-5.
Sources: CNN and Associated Press
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Comments
This is such crap. You know that when this number of people are accused of abuse by one girl that she's almost 100% likely to be lying about the whole thing. Our system is crazy. ALL of these accused should be released immediately!
Mary shut your mouth. This is just horrible. What kind of sick idiots would rape a 8 year old girl or anyone. I hope the spend life in prison.
Oh, it's the same tired old garbage. When a bunch of boys accuse Catholic priests of abuse then everyone believes them because Americans hate Catholics anyway (less so than when JFK was President, but still) and besides, boys are worth something. Girls are just about never believed. I was raised by a sexual abuse survivor for a stepmom so I have ZERO sympathy for that mindset.
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