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	Five Men Arrested in Rural Missouri Sex-abuse Probe By Christopher Francis KOLD November 12, 2009 http://www.kold.com/Global/story.asp?S=11489023 LEXINGTON, MO (KOLD) - Authorities have been digging up parts of a property in rural west-central Missouri as they look for evidence of sex crimes against children. Five men in a family face 14 counts, including rape, sodomy, and use of a child in a sexual performance. A police document in the case says a child was forced to have sex with a dog and another had an abortion at age 11. Investigators say that victim came to authorities in mid-August, saying the abuse against her occurred beginning when she was five years old and continued until she was eleven. The document also says victims were forced to take part in fake marriage ceremonies with several of their relatives. Crews were scouring a property outside Bates City, Missouri -- about 30 miles east of Kansas City -- looking for glass jars with notes written by the suspected child victims. Arrested were Burrell Edward Mohler Sr., 77, of Independence, and his sons, Burrell Edward Mohler Jr., 53, also of Independence; Jared Leroy Mohler, 48, of Columbia; Roland Neil Mohler, 47, of Bates City; and David A. Mohler, 52, of Lamoni, Iowa. All five remain in jail. KCTV in Kansas City reports Mohler Sr., and sons Jared and David were ministers at a Bates City church. Police in Columbia, Missouri also seized a computer and discs from Jared Mohler's home.
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