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Darrel Mohler Arrested as Sixth Member of Missouri Sex Crime Case

by Amy Judd | November 14, 2009 at 12:26 pm

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Darrel Mohler is the sixth family member to be arrested in the Missouri sex crime case; the other five people arrested are his brother and his four nephews.

Darrel Mohler has been charged with two counts of rape in the case of child sexual abuse, where the Mohler men may have raped and sodomized young children, then buried their bodies on the property.

The five already accused are: Burrell Edward Mohler Sr, 77 and his sons, Jared Leroy Mohler, 48, David A. Mohler, 52, Burrell Edward Mohler Jr, 53, and Roland Neil Mohler, 47.

Missouri officials investigating the case requested that Darrel Mohler be brought in from Silver Springs, Florida and he was arrested as he was coming home for the day.

Mohler told police he "was aware of what was going on in Missouri," and that he had not been there since the 1980s, according to the sheriff's office.

There are six alleged victims, all relatives of the suspects, who have all made allegations of child sex abuse. The victims are all adults now, and they told police of mock weddings they were forced to participate in, rape with foreign objects and even an abortion performed on an eleven-year-old.

Police did not previously have enough information to charge Darrel Mohler, but after taking more victim statements and conducting more interviews, they felt they had enough to bring him in and charge him for two counts of rape. Darrel is 72-years-old now, with his older brother Edward Mohler Sr., 77, thought to be the leader in the crimes.

More charges are expected to be given next week for the abuse that took place between the mid-1980s and 1995.

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