He kidnapped his daughter, raped her for 19 years and had 9 children: he was sentenced

A man, Henri Michelle Piette, who had kidnapped his own daughter and raped her for 19 years, was sentenced to life imprisonment today for justice from the United States. The perpetrator had 9 children with his victim.

In 2016, Rosalynn McGinnis was encouraged to escape home where they both lived in Mexico. After denouncing him and started a lawsuit against him, the 31-year-old man decided to leave anonymity and give a television interview to publicize his terrifying story.

The TN.com.ar website stated that in the interview, Rosalynn had indicated that "if I look back and see what happened, I do not even understand how someone is doing it. one can do something like that to a girl, what he has done. "

Her torture was triggered when her mother, a victim of gender-based violence, decided to separate from Piette in 1997. At that time, the couple lived in the town of Poteau, Oklahoma. Irritated by the situation, the man wanted to take revenge on his ex-partner and had put in place a plan to capture the woman's daughter. One day, he went to his school and took her away. Rosalynn was 12 years old.

To avoid being located by FBI authorities, Piette has moved to different cities across the country. A year after kidnapping the girl, he forced her to marry him at an illegal ceremony. Since then, he has subjected the girl to all kinds of abuse. "I was scared and I was so confused that I did not even know what was going on," she explained in the special.

Justice found that during these two decades, Rosalynn had been kidnapped in Texas, Montana, Idaho, New Mexico and Arizona. Until the moment they returned to Oklahoma, where the man forced him to write letters for the police to stop looking for him.

"The victim has been horribly abused by the accused, her courage has allowed her to flee and to save her children, as well as the investigators and prosecutors to seek justice for her," she said. 39; is exclaimed the prosecutor of the case. "I know that this verdict can not cure the innumerable injuries inflicted, but he should avoid further damage," he concluded.