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From left to right on the top row; Jared Leroy Mohler, 48, of Columbia, Mo., David A. Mohler, 52, of Lamoni, Iowa, Burrell Edward Mohler Sr., 77, of Independence, Mo., and from left to right on the second row; Burrell Edward Mohler Jr., 53, of Independence, Mo., Roland Neil Mohler, 47, of Bates City, Mo. and Darrel Wayne Mohler of Silver Springs, Fla. (AP Photo/Lafayette County Sheriff's Dept./Marion County Sheriff's Dept.)
A Kansas City TV station reports this morning that investigators in a western Missouri child sex case say a box-shaped item has been located under a concrete floor and it could contain the remains of a baby born to a child rape victim. The station also reports victims claim they were forced to participate on the murder of an adult man.
KCTV-TV quotes from an investigator's affidavit that says radar was used to locate the item in the basement of a rural home members of the Mohler family once lived in. The Associated Press reports one of the alleged sex abuse victims told police she twice became pregnant after being raped by members of the Mohler family. She said her first baby was put in a shoe box and buried under the basement floor. The victim is one of several who say they were repeatedly assaulted by the men during the 80s when the victims were children.
KCTV also reports several of the victims claim they were forced to take part in the murder of a grown man who was kidnapped by one of the brothers.
Charged with assorted crimes of child rape, sodomy and bestiality are Burrell Edward Mohler, Sr., 77, of Independence, Missouri and his four sons; Burrell Edward Mohler Jr., 53, of Independence; Jared Leroy Mohler, 48, of Columbia; Roland Neil Mohler, 47, of Bates City; and David A. Mohler, 52, of Lamoni, Iowa. All are in custody and being held at the Lafayette County Jail. Darrel Mohler, 72, of Silver Springs Florida is also charged. He is the the brother of Burrell Sr. and is expected to be extradited to Missouri soon.
Meanwhile, the five Mohlers from the Missouri area will be arraigned in Lafayette County today. Investigators have said more information on the case will be released to the public today.
For KCTV - TV video report - click here.
Comments
Just looking at their pictures and thinking about what types of people these guys are makes me ill. Then to read the story, just awful. How are these people human beings? It just boggles the mind of someone who isn't like them. I am glad for the sake of other victims, that these disgusting, perverted creeps were caught and I hope justice gets them good.
Where were the mothers? Was no one protecting these children? When will this info be released. Surely someone is asking.
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