Justice not served in Maryville teen sex case
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Two girls, ages 13 and 14, are in a hospital with signs of having been sexually assaulted. Sheriff’s deputies quickly execute a search warrant, gather evidence and obtain confessions from three teenage suspects. The sheriff would say he thought the case would “absolutely” result in prosecutions.
It did not. And that troubling reality deeply undermines confidence that victims can expect fair and impartial justice, at least in Nodaway County, Mo., home of the small city of Maryville.
Nightmare in Maryville: Teens’ sexual encounter ignites a firestorm against family
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The incident sparked outrage in the community, though the worst of it was directed not at the accused perpetrators but at a victim and her family. In the months that followed, Coleman lost her job, and her children were routinely harassed. When it became too much, they left, retreating east to Albany.