A West Virginia man has been charged with more than 300 counts of incest after investigators said he sexually assaulted a juvenile relative for six years. Billie Gene Seabolt, 65, has also been charged with sexual abuse by a custodian or guardian and first degree sexual assault, WOWK reported. The station cited a criminal complaint …
Two Missouri Amish brothers who raped their 13-year-old sister were back in court again Wednesday after allegedly contacting the victim, despite strict orders not to. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Aaron C.M. Schwartz, 22, and Petie C.M. Schwartz, 18, pleaded guilty to felony child molestation charges after they repeatedly had sexual relations with a younger sister, …
An incestuous British couple who strangled their two sons and tried to kill their four surviving children in May was sentenced to life in prison on Tuesday. The BBC reported that Sarah Barrass, 35, strangled Tristan Barrass, 13, with her gown cord and her half-brother, Brandon Machin, 39, used his hands to strangle Blake Barrass, 14, …
A woman in Alabama said a judge granted visitation rights to her uncle, who allegedly repeatedly raped her when she was a child and fathered her two sons. Speaking with WIAT, the woman, who wished to be only identified as Jessica, described years of abuse when her mother’s half-brother allegedly started climbing into bed with …
‘[The] sexual abuse went undetected for years because family members failed to report it to authorities’
A South Carolina man and his daughter are facing incest charges after allegedly having a sexual relationship that resulted in the birth of baby who passed away from medical complications. People reports that James Travis Brown and his daughter, Katlyn Lauren Edwards, were in a “consensual and mutual” relationship, according to the Laurens County Sheriff’s Office. The …
A Tennesee couple was arrested Wednesday following allegations that they had sexually abused children for at least a decade. WMC reported that John, 70, and Dava, 69, Henley are believed to have abused multiple children from 2006 t0 2016—with their victims being between 3 to 13. The pair is also accused of instructing someone to rape …
A Michigan man who reportedly had a baby with his adult daughter in February is claiming that they never had sex, but instead he gave her “semen in a cup” and he has no idea what she did with it. FOX 2 reports that Gregory St. Andre, 37, of Warren, is facing charges of third degree criminal …
A Florida woman is facing incest charges after police say she carried out a “romantic relationship” with the brother, even giving birth to his child. The Daily Commercial reports that Pauline Elizabeth Martin, 33, of Groveland, gave birth to a son on November 21, who was born with numerous health issues. Physicians transferred the baby to Winnie Palmer …
A Norman, Oklahoma, mother who once married her own son before marrying her own daughter was sentenced to prison this week. NewsOK reports that Patricia Ann Spann, 45, was sentenced to two years in prison after pleading guilty Tuesday to incest. Spann admitted to marrying her biological daughter in March 2016 and living together in Duncan. As …
‘Incest was a normal way of life,’ the father allegedly told the children
A North Carolina dad and daughter who allegedly had plans for marriage after having a baby boy were arraigned only felony incest on Tuesday in a Virginia courtroom. New York Post reports that Steven Pladl, 42, and his 20-year-old daughter, Katie Pladl, appeared in a Henrico County to face incest charges at the Henrico Juvenile and Domestic Relations …
