2020/12/29 00:19 COLE CAMP, Mo. (AP) The parents of a 4-year-old Missouri girl allegedly killed by neighbors to remove a “demon” now face charges. Mary S. Mast, 29 and James A. Mast, 28, both of Lincoln, Missouri, were charged Thursday with felony child endangerment resulting in death and are jailed without bond. They don t yet have attorneys. The couple s other children, a 2-year-old son and an infant, were placed in protective custody, Benton County Sheriff Eric Knox said in a news release. The 4-year-old girl was found dead at the family home on Dec. 20. Knox said she had been severely beaten and dunked in an icy pond as part of what appeared to be a “religious-type episode.”
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The 4-year-old girl was found dead at the family home on Dec. 20. Knox said she had been severely beaten and dunked in an icy pond as part of what appeared to be a “religious-type episode.”
Across-the-road neighbors Ethan Mast, 35, and Kourtney Aumen, 21, were charged last week with second-degree murder and other offenses. Both are jailed without bond. Ethan Mast is not believed to be related to James and Mary Mast, Knox said.
Both families attend the same church, but Knox said that the actions involving the girl are not condoned by the church, which he declined to name.
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Show Transcript ALL RIGHT. THANKS SO MUCH PETE 709 AND A SMALL MISSOURI COMMUNITY MOURNS THE LOSS OF A FOUR YEAR OLD TODDLER BEFORE PEOPLE ARE FACING CHARGE TO THIS CASE. NEIGHBORS IN BENTON COUNTY HONOR THE GIRLS MEMORY LAST NIGHT WITH THE VIGIL COURT DOCUMENTS SAY SHE WAS FOUND DEAD AT THE FAMILY HOME ON DECEMBER 20TH. SHE BEEN SEVERELY BEATEN AND DUNKED IN AN ICY POND IS PART OF WHAT APPEARED TO BE A RELIGIOUS TYPE EPISODE. JUST HOPE THAT IF ANYBODY HAS ANY INKLING THAT ANYTHING LIKE THAT IS GOING ON IN SOMEONEâS LIFE THAT THEY WOULD STEP IN AND TAKE THE RIGHT MEASURES CONTACT SOMEONE GET THEM HELP. MARY AND JAMES MAST HAVE BEEN CHARGED WITH FELONY CHI
The girl was found dead at the family home on Dec. 20. Knox said she had been severely beaten and dunked in an icy pond as part of what appeared to be a “religious-type episode.”
Across-the-road neighbors Ethan Mast, 35, and Kourtney Aumen, 21, were charged last week with second-degree murder and other offenses. Both are jailed without bond. Ethan Mast is not believed to be related to James and Mary Mast, Knox said.
Both families attend the same church, but Knox said that the actions involving the girl are not condoned by the church, which he declined to name.
“The investigation done so far indicates that this is an isolated incident and NOT the actions of a cult,” Knox wrote in a news release on the department s Facebook page.
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