it s hard to describe that kind of betrayal. i can t think of any other incidents in my life where i felt that betrayed. you know, somebody that i had known and trusted for so long to do something like that to my daughter, i mean couldn t he realize how he was hurting her, her trust, and faith as a person. it was devastating. investigators ran the criminal history for mr. sawhill and found that he was a registered sex offender. the sexual abuse conviction in st. louis county involved a 13-year-old girl. he was in prison after he met kenny jo, and he kept telling us it was for marijuana charges and
we knew that is what he did for a living. i never questioned that because it sounded like pretty reasonable thing that would have happened to him. how do you know these things? they don t wear it on their sleeves or written on their forehead, you know, i m a molester. mr. sawhill was charged with two counts of sodomy and first degree. he was released on a $50,000 bond and a court date was set for his appearance. katlynn decided she would testify in court. going to court can be a very intimidating thing for a healthy competent adult. for a little 10-year-old, 11-year-old little girl to get on the stand and testify, it s pretty gutsy move, you know? katy told me that she wanted
everybody to know what bruce did. she wasn t ashamed of it. she thought everybody should know what bruce was like what he did to her. she was so worried that he may do it to another child. katy was going to counseling. she went through for quite a while. she really didn t seem like it was bothering her. i think she was just covering it up pretty well. when i went up to court, i walk into the courtroom and the courtroom s empty. i thought this is strange. court can t be over. and i heard voices coming from back over in like the corner of the courtroom and i said i m here for the trial. and he said there s not going to be a trial. mr. sawhill failed to appear.
attention to what was going on with her. you know, i failed my little girl. i failed that child. and i can t take it back. i can t do anything about it. it s horrible. bruce sawhill wears upper dentures, known for casual drinking. with a distinctive loud laugh and likes to laugh at his own jokes. worked cultivating marijuana in the past and a skilled dry waller, plasterer and painter. if you see bruce sawhill or any
which i knew immediately mr. sawhill didn t appear and has no intention of ever appearing. at that point in time, investigators would go to any location that they were aware of that mr. sawhill might be located. they could not find bruce sawhill or his wife, kenny jo sawhill. they were both missing. they cut all ties with their family. they abandoned all aspects of their former life and have created a new one. for kenny jo to put up with it, seeing these little vulnerable, beautiful people like katy violated and destroyed that she could be the enabler, that children weren t more important to her than staying with her dirtbag husband, to