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November 20, 2009 11:00 AM NEW YORK - According to crime statistics from the Department of Justice, 67 percent of sexual assault victims in 2008 were juveniles and an astonishing 93 percent of these victims knew their attackers. When Robin Sax worked as a deputy district attorney for Los Angeles County specializing in sex crimes against children, she personally reviewed at least five new cases every day.
November 18, 2009 4:46 PM 
LEXINGTON, Mo. - Dark, sordid, tales of a rural Missouri man and his four adult sons raping, sodomizing, sexually abusing children, and even murdering, in a house of horror, are coming to light two decades later.
As authorities work to piece together exactly what happened, Burrell Mohler Sr., 77, and his four adult sons appeared in court in western Missouri on Tuesday where they were charged with sex crimes including rape and sodomy. A new search warrant claims one of the suspects even forced his victims to help kill and bury a man.
Hell on earth. But is it true?
Mohler Family: Relative Questions Tales of Rape, Sodomy, and Murder
(AP Photo)
As authorities work to piece together exactly what happened, Burrell Mohler Sr., 77, and his four adult sons appeared in court in western Missouri on Tuesday where they were charged with sex crimes including rape and sodomy. A new search warrant claims one of the suspects even forced his victims to help kill and bury a man.
Hell on earth. But is it true?
November 17, 2009 6:30 AM 
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The man accused of kidnapping, raping and holding Jaycee Dugard captive for nearly two decades wrote a jailhouse apology letter that talks about "ending a sexual problem believed to be impossible."
But according to CNN, prosecutors believe Phillip Garrido is using this letter as an opportunity to manipulate the "public perceptions" of the kidnapping case.
Prosecutors in Jaycee Dugard Case Think Phillip Garrido's Apology Letter is Bull
(AP)
But according to CNN, prosecutors believe Phillip Garrido is using this letter as an opportunity to manipulate the "public perceptions" of the kidnapping case.
November 13, 2009 10:37 AM 
NEW YORK - Phillip Garrido, the alleged kidnapper of Jaycee Lee Dugard, apologized "to every human being for what has taken place," in a letter to NBC affiliate KCRA in Sacramento, Calif.
Garrido and his wife Nancy have been charged with kidnapping 11-year-old Dugard in 1991 and holding her hostage for 18 years. Phillip Garrido also allegedly raped Dugard, father two daughters with his victim.
Phillip Garrido Letter: Apologizes "To Every Human Being" for Alleged Jaycee Dugard Kidnapping
(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
Garrido and his wife Nancy have been charged with kidnapping 11-year-old Dugard in 1991 and holding her hostage for 18 years. Phillip Garrido also allegedly raped Dugard, father two daughters with his victim.
November 12, 2009 4:10 PM 
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Will a Little Rock jury deliver a death sentence to the killer of Arkansas news anchor Anne Pressly?
The jury convicted Curtis Lavelle Vance of murder, rape and other charges on Wednesday. It is now weighing whether to impose the death penalty on Vance, who police say admitted to beating the KATV anchorwoman with a wood-handled garden tool.
The attack shattered Pressly's face and sent her into a coma. She never regained consciousness and died five days after the Oct. 20, 2008 attack.
Will Anne Pressly's Killer Curtis Vance Get Death in Anchorwoman Case?
(AP Photo/KATV Television)
The jury convicted Curtis Lavelle Vance of murder, rape and other charges on Wednesday. It is now weighing whether to impose the death penalty on Vance, who police say admitted to beating the KATV anchorwoman with a wood-handled garden tool.
The attack shattered Pressly's face and sent her into a coma. She never regained consciousness and died five days after the Oct. 20, 2008 attack.
November 5, 2009 12:29 PM 
CLEVELAND - Anthony Sowell, the registered sex-offender facing five counts of aggravated murder, would offer free barbecue to his neighbors, even as corpses were lying around his three-story Cleveland home, according to the Associated Press.
Residents said that in retrospect the smell alone should have raised questions. It wafted down the street, sometimes forcing employees at the sausage shop near his home to abandon the store on hot summer days.
Anthony Sowell Offered Free Barbecue To Neighbors, As Corpses Rotted in His Home
(Ohio Attorney General's Office)
Residents said that in retrospect the smell alone should have raised questions. It wafted down the street, sometimes forcing employees at the sausage shop near his home to abandon the store on hot summer days.
November 5, 2009 12:00 PM 
CLEVELAND - As police say they have identified Cleveland mom Tonia Carmichael as the first of at least 11 bodies found in the home of Anthony Sowell, the woman's family is outraged that police didn’t take their cries for help seriously a year ago.
"They told us to go home, and as soon as the drugs are gone, she'll show up," said Markiesha Carmichael-Jacobs, whose 53-year-old mother, Tonia, a drug addict, vanished Nov. 10, 2008. Police identified her Wednesday as one of the victims, saying her body was found buried in the backyard with marks indicating strangulation.
Family of Anthony Sowell Victim Tonia Carmichael: Police Said "Go Home"
(National Center for Missing Adults)
"They told us to go home, and as soon as the drugs are gone, she'll show up," said Markiesha Carmichael-Jacobs, whose 53-year-old mother, Tonia, a drug addict, vanished Nov. 10, 2008. Police identified her Wednesday as one of the victims, saying her body was found buried in the backyard with marks indicating strangulation.
November 5, 2009 10:02 AM 
RICHMOND, Calif. - On Oct. 24, police say dozens of teens gawked, laughed and took photographs while a 15-year-old girl was brutally gang-raped and beaten outside a Richmond High School homecoming dance.
But one brave girl, who was not even there, wouldn't stand for it.
"I was watching a movie, and my brother-in-law came in and he told me 'I don't know what to do, because there is a girl back there and she has been raped. I'm scared,'" 18-year-old Margarita Vargas said.
While Dozens Gawked at Richmond Rape, One Brave Girl Called 911
(KPIX/CBS5)
But one brave girl, who was not even there, wouldn't stand for it.
"I was watching a movie, and my brother-in-law came in and he told me 'I don't know what to do, because there is a girl back there and she has been raped. I'm scared,'" 18-year-old Margarita Vargas said.
November 4, 2009 1:24 PM 
NEW YORK - There was a stench in the neighborhood in Cleveland that folks complained about for months. People said it's that little sausage factory.
But, it wasn’t of course.
The smell was of decomposing human flesh in and outside the house of Anthony Sowell. Authorities have counted ten bodies on the property so far and they’re looking for more.
Harry Smith on Anthony Sowell and His Cleveland House of Horrors
(AP)
But, it wasn’t of course.
The smell was of decomposing human flesh in and outside the house of Anthony Sowell. Authorities have counted ten bodies on the property so far and they’re looking for more.
November 4, 2009 10:09 AM
Richmond High School Gang-Rape Victim Speaks Out for First Time
VIDEO COURTESY OF CBS AFFILIATE KPIX
RICHMOND, Calif. The 15-year-old victim of a gang-rape and beating at a Richmond High homecoming dance spoke out for the first time Tuesday.
"Violence is always the wrong choice," she reportedly said in a written statement delivered by victim advocate DeAnna Schlaum at a rally and candlelight vigil.
RICHMOND, Calif. The 15-year-old victim of a gang-rape and beating at a Richmond High homecoming dance spoke out for the first time Tuesday.
"Violence is always the wrong choice," she reportedly said in a written statement delivered by victim advocate DeAnna Schlaum at a rally and candlelight vigil.
