Four men charged with gang raping a nine-year-old girl as she slept on a friend's sofa while her mom smoked meth in another room
By Jennifer Newton for MailOnline 12:59 04 Apr 2016, updated 16:11 04 Apr 2016
- The nine-year-old girl was allegedly gang raped at a house in Vernal, Utah
- Thought to have happened while her mother went outside to smoke drugs
- She claims the men took her to a bedroom and took it in turn to rape her
- Four men have now been arrested and are in jail facing child rape charges
Four men have been arrested and charged with gang raping a nine-year-old girl while her mother smoked methamphetamine in another room.
The assault is alleged to have happened on Easter Sunday at a house in Vernal, Utah.
The men, Randall and Jerry Flatlip, 29 and 26, and Josiah and Larson RonDeau, 20 and 36, have been arrested, the Uintah County Sheriff's Office said in a statement.
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Jerry Flatip, left, and Josiag RonDeau, right, who are alleged to have raped a nine-year-old girl at a house in Vernal, Utah
Larson RonDeau, left, and Randall Flatlip, right, have also been arrested and charged over the incident
The men were charged with first-degree felony rape of a child and first-degree sodomy and were being held in the Uintah County Jail, the statement added.
According to
Fox13, the nine-year-old girl had been at the house with her mother and was sleeping on the sofa.
At that point the mother and a friend went into the garage to smoke drugs.
When the mother returned, she found her daughter upset, with her clothes in disarray, saying she wanted to go home.
The next day the girl told her mother that she had been taken into a bedroom and raped by the men in turn, with one saying he would kill her if she told anybody about it.
The assault is alleged to have happened on Easter Sunday at a house (pictured) in Vernal, Utah
The nine-year-old girl had been at the house with her mother and was sleeping on the sofa. At that point the mother and a friend went into the garage (pictured) to smoke drugs
Police say she identified suspect Larson RonDeau and he was taken into custody.
According to a statement, he agreed to answer questions without an attorney present but denied any involvement.
Later police detained the three other suspects who each face one count of rape of a child and sodomy of a child as first-degree felonies.
During a search of home, officers found evidence relating to the alleged sexual assault, such as bloodstained bedding, as well as marijuana and drug paraphernalia at the home, reports
Fox 6 Now.
Meanwhile the girl has been taken into the care of the state of Utah rather than remaining under the custody of her mother.
Four arrested in Utah for allegedly raping 9-year-old girl
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