Re: Fugitives from child protection

"Bo Raxo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> "Waldo Weaver" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > Couple accused of sex abuse describe their 19 years on the run
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> > Jim Adams,Star Tribune
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> > Published November 16, 2003
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> > SALT LAKE CITY -- Fugitives Edward and Karri LaBois, who eluded the
> > law for 19 years until their arrest last week in Utah, say they fled
> > Minnesota in 1984 because they had been wrongfully accused of sexually
> > abusing their 4-year-old daughter in their Minnetonka home.
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> > The couple face a hearing in Salt Lake District Court on Monday on a
> > request by Hennepin County authorities that they be returned to
> > Minneapolis to face charges of first-degree intrafamilial sexual
> > abuse. The charges were filed on Sept. 11, 1984, shortly after their
> > daughter told a psychiatrist about sex games at her mother's home day
> > care, court records say.
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> > After they fled, authorities seized nude photos of children and a book
> > about taking sexually explicit photos in their home.
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> <snip>
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> The kid told a therapist that she had been molested.  The authorities found
> naked kiddy pics, and material that showed the parents had an interest in
> learning how to take "sexy" pictures.
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> How much smoke do you need before the authorities start investigating for
> fire?  What would you prefer, that a kid tells someone they are being
> molested, and the authorities say "Naw, couldn't be" and send 'em home to
> mom and dad?
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> Sheesh!

Interesting you didn't ask whether the daughter had in fact been sexually
abused. I would have thought that was more to the point.


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