Autisitc Woman Caged , Forced To Eat Mother’s Ashes!!
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The horrific abuse began in August 2015, roughly a day after the Aug. 12, 2015 death of the victim’s mother, according to court records.
In August 2015, the four accused abusers, along with their 22-year-old victim, moved from the Kentwood home shared with the victim’s late mother to a mobile home in the 57500 block of Rushing Lane. The abuse continued through June 2016, according to the federal accusations.
A fifth family member, Raylaine Knope’s daughter, 21-year-old Bridget Lambert, was also charged separately in a bill of information dated Monday. Bridget Lambert, who is accused of participating in the forced-labor conspiracy, periodically lived with the family on Rushing Lane.
To ensure the woman did not escape, the five family members regularly threatened her with violence and death, reinforcing their threats with beatings and other abuse, like holding a gun to her head, holding her hand to a flame and holding her underwater in a hot tub as she struggled to come up for air.
If she reported her abusers to law enforcement, they would kill her, they said, court records allege.
The family also ensured the victim had no resources for escape. Terry Knope kept the victim’s Social Security payments, which totaled nearly $8,800 for the roughly 11-month period, while Raylaine Knope confiscated the victim’s state-issued ID, cellphone and laptop.
In addition, they forced the victim to take methamphetamines and prescription painkillers, telling her they would report her to the police for drug use if she failed to obey their orders.
The indictment depicts Raylaine Knope as a ringleader of the abuse, ordering the other family members to denigrate and physically assault the victim and keep her locked in a tent, then a shed, then a chicken-wire cage in the back yard.
It was Raylaine Knope who forced the victim pour her mother’s ashes from an urn into a cereal bowl with milk and then eat the mixture with a spoon As the victim followed commands, Raylaine Knope, Terry Knope, Jody Lambert and Taylor Knope stood nearby, “watching and laughing,” court records allege.
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How does so called “family” subject a person to these types of cruel acts merely 1 day after this poor autistic woman’s mother dies!! Unbelievable!!!
source:nola.com
