Police: The 13 yr old grandaughter of a friend of mine was taken to an abandoned house and raped for a week.?

Question

A week ago, her mom called police because the girl had gone out the back door to walk her dog in her pj's and no shoes. She didn't return. The police questioned the family and her friends. They said that they think her friends are lying and classified it as a runaway. The family was frantic and the police dept told them to back off. It turns out that a 17 yr old guy that she knew and a 20 yr old friend of his picked her up, took her to an abandoned house and raped her for a week.

The 20 yr old is in jail and they are looking for the 17 yr old.

1. Will the 17 yr old be treated as an adult?

2. What is the possible prison time for both?

3. Will there be a trial w/ the girl having to be there?

4. Why couldn't there have been an Amber Alert or news coverage, especially since she WASN'T a runaway.

5. Why wasn't this on the news at all? I see stuff like this on the news sometimes.

Answer 1

1. Probably

2. This varies by state, but, without a plea agreement, probably 10 - 20 years.

3. If there is a trial, the defense attorney is entitled to have her testify..

4. Police don't issue an Amber Alert unless their absolutely positive it is not a runaway case. Children go missing every day, and the power of the Amber Alert is in its rarity.

5. The reasons vary. Her age, the age of the other minor, and the amount of crime in the area all could contribute.

Edit:

In TX, kidnapping for the purpose of rape is a felony of the first degree and carries a sentence of 5 to 99 years, and rape is a felony of the second degree and carries a sentence of 2 to 20 years.

Answer 2

Ok...I'm a cop...I'll answer your questions.

1. The 17yo will be treated as an adult (thank God)

2. The prison time depends on what the DA actually charges them with and if they are even found guilty. As you know the judicial system is not the best and sometimes takes an actual confession and a lot of evidence for them to actually get charged unfortunately

3. There will be a trial and it would work better if she testified

4. There is no Amber Alert for things like that. 13yo's aren't considered critical missings in most states and there was nothing to lead the officers to believe she was kidnapped other than she has never done this before. There was no trail of blood, no pair of pants left behind or anything like that, so they treated it like all other missings. It doesn't make it fair, but as you know, kids run away and there is a first time they do it.

5. It wasn't on the news for the same reason as #4. This isn't like Lifetime and they only do that in extreme cases. No one knew it was that bad until it was to late and as you mentioned, they all thought her friends were hiding something...Not to mention, the police don't put the people on the news unless it was really serious, but the parents can go to the news people if the cops won't.

I do have a question...Why was she even allowed to have a 17yo friend?

Answer 3

1. Yes

2. Yes

3. Possibly, but that can only hurt the defendants, not the victim.

4. You can talk to a lawyer about suing the police for failing to do their job.

5. Did you call fox news, they will all over it....give them a tip...

Answer 4

1. Yes

2. Depends on the state.  Usually several years.

3. Probably

4. Because the police thought she was a runaway.  Perhaps she's run away before?  

5. Same as 4.

Edit: Ok, the questions as why for number 4 need to be asked by the parents to the police, and for number 5 the parents should have contacted all the news stations, gotten a lawyer, and raised cain.

Edit: You also said that the 17 yr old was a guy she knew, so she willingly got in the truck with them, so it looked like a runaway situation.