Friday, August 24, 2012

Mo. Girl Missing Two Years Escapes Captors in Ill.; May Have Been Runaway, Gave Birth Due to Rape

A teen girl -- reported missing more than two years ago -- told police she escaped a home in southwestern Illinois where she had been held captive and sexually assaulted almost every day, the USA Today website reports today (August 24, 2012).

Authorities in Washington Park -- a village next to East St. Louis -- raided the house yesterday afternoon and took into custody a 24-year-old man and his mother.

They also recovered the teen's child, which the girl said was the result of repeated rape by her captor.

Police in St. Louis, Missouri had listed the girl as a missing or runaway juvenile in April 2010. She was 15 when she disappeared.

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