Perpetual for raping his 19-year-old daughter-in-law

A 63-year-old man was sentenced to life imprisonment in the United States. for kidnapping his daughter-in-law, having her isolated for two decades and having badually abused her, thus becoming the father of her nine children.

Henri Michelle Piette abducted Rosalynn McGinnis in Poteau, Okla., In 1997. She was only 12 years old. After kidnapping the miner, he escaped to Mexico and traveled occasionally to the Latin country and to different parts of the United States. to prevent the authorities from tracking him down. A few days earlier, McGinnis' mother, a victim of domestic violence, ended a three-year relationship with Piette. The break-up angered the accused, who captured the child at school and escaped with his other three children. Rosalynn McGinnis has been a victim of daily abuse during her 19 years of captivity. At the age of 13, the accused forced him to marry him at an illegal ceremony. Then they had nine children.

In 2016, at age 31, Rosalynn was armed and decided to escape from the house where she was being held in Mexico. Three years after regaining his freedom, he wanted to leave the anonymity and granted an interview to the American media KHSB. "I was scared and I was so confused that I did not even know what was going on," said the victim. "If I look back and see what has happened, I do not even understand how someone can do something like that to a child, what it does not look like. did, "added McGinnis.

Piette was found guilty of kidnapping and traveling in the country with the intention of badually badaulting a minor. According to the FBI, during the two decades of McGinnis' abduction, they lived in Texas, Montana, Idaho, New Mexico, Arizona and Mexico.

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