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A 4-year-old Missouri girl has been found dead after being attacked by two neighbors who claimed they wanted to remove a demon from her family, police say.
Ethan Mast, 35, and Kourtney Aumen, 21, are now facing second-degree murder and other charges following the discovery of the child’s body over the weekend at a home in Cole Camp, southeast of Kansas City. Based on what I know, I think this could be some kind of honest-to-goodness religious-type episode, Benton County Sheriff Eric Knox told the Associated Press.
Man and Woman Allegedly Murdered 4-Year-Old Girl in Horrifying Campaign to Discipline Neighbors in Missouri Alberto Luperon
Ethan Mast and Kourtney Aumen via Benton County Sheriff’s Office
A man and woman in Benton County, Missouri are accused of terrorizing a neighboring family, and murdering a 4-year-old girl.
Ethan Joel Mast, 35, and
Kourtney Taylor Aumen, 21, were booked into the local jail on Monday, records show.
Benton County Sheriff
Eric Knox summed up the case like this when Law&Crime reached out for details in a phone interview on Tuesday: The defendants went across the street to discipline a neighboring family. (“Disciplining” is a word used in the criminal complaint, in reference to discussing the alleged motives.)
The family s neighbors were charged with second-degree murder, sexual abuse and three counts of assault.
Credit: Benton County Sheriff s Office Author: Associated Press Updated: 12:30 PM EST December 22, 2020
A west-central Missouri couple face multiple charges accusing them of torturing and killing a 4-year-old girl and torturing the child s mother and 2-year-old brother.
Deputies were called just before 1 a.m. Sunday to a rural home near the town of Cole Camp, the Benton County Sheriff’s Department said in a news release. A 4-year-old girl had been beaten, submerged in a pond and left to freeze on the bank before being taken back to her home, where she died, authorities said.
Missouri couple accused in connection with torture death of 4-year-old girl
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COLE CAMP, Mo. – A west-central Missouri couple face multiple charges accusing them of torturing and killing a 4-year-old girl and torturing the child’s mother and 2-year-old brother.
Deputies were called just before 1 a.m. Sunday to a rural home near the town of Cole Camp, the Benton County Sheriff’s Department said in a news release. A 4-year-old girl had been beaten, submerged in a pond and left to freeze on the bank before being taken back to her home, where she died, authorities said.
The child’s mother, Mary Mast, 28, and her 2-year-old son also were badly beaten. They are hospitalized in Sedalia. The names of the two children were not released.