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Amite family kept autistic woman caged, forced her to eat her mother's ashes: federal court records
https://www.nola.com/ ^ | 7/26/18 | Laura McKnight

Posted on 07/27/2018 12:22:53 PM PDT by BBell

Five members of an Amite family were accused in federal court Thursday (July 26) of kidnapping and holding a 22-year-old autistic relative captive for roughly 10 months, padlocked in a shed and then in a makeshift backyard cage, and subjecting her to a range of humiliations and abuse that included shooting her with a BB gun, covering her with the contents of the family's septic tank and forcing her to eat her recently deceased mother's cremated remains from a cereal bowl.

The family, often at the direction of 42-year-old matriarch Raylaine Knope, also withheld the victim's Social Security benefits and forced her to perform house work and yard work with no compensation and, often, in a demeaning manner. They also ordered her to make sexual advances to several men in a sex-trafficking scheme, the indictment alleges.

Along with Raylaine Knope, the six-count indictment charges her husband, 45-year-old Terry J. Knope II, and their children, 23-year-old Jody Lambert and 20-year-old Taylor Knope, in the "forced labor" conspiracy. Lambert is Raylaine Knope's son and Taylor Knope is Terry Knope II's daughter. Court documents did not specify how the victim is related to her alleged tormenters.

The horrific abuse began in August 2015, roughly a day after the Aug. 12, 2015 death of the victim's mother, according to court records.

In August 2015, the four accused abusers, along with their 22-year-old victim, moved from the Kentwood home shared with the victim's late mother to a mobile home in the 57500 block of Rushing Lane. The abuse continued through June 2016, according to the federal accusations.

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TOPICS: Conspiracy; Health/Medicine; Society
KEYWORDS: abuse; amite; autistic; cruelty; handicapped; woman
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It looks like once momma died the scum bags took over. I know people with handicapped kids who really worry about what may happen to their child once they die.
1 posted on 07/27/2018 12:22:53 PM PDT by BBell
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To: BenLurkin

I saw you posted an article when this was initially discovered to have occurred. Well they have been charged now.


2 posted on 07/27/2018 12:24:33 PM PDT by BBell (shoot shot shoot shot shoot shot gimme a tissue!!!)
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To: BBell

Some people just need killin’................................


3 posted on 07/27/2018 12:25:53 PM PDT by Red Badger (July 2018 - the month the world discovered the TRUTH......Q Anon)
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They also ordered her to make sexual advances to several men in a sex-trafficking scheme, the indictment alleges.

Wow. Is Amite related to Amish?

4 posted on 07/27/2018 12:27:05 PM PDT by MarMema (John James for US Senate. Dump Debbie!! Let's Fly Michigan.)
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To: BBell

Why can’t we just kill them now and be done with it.


5 posted on 07/27/2018 12:27:51 PM PDT by miss marmelstein
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To: MarMema

Apparently it’s just the name of a town in Louisiana


6 posted on 07/27/2018 12:30:46 PM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: All

Pictured from left, Terry Knope, Bridget Lambert, Jody Lambert, Raylaine Knope and Taylor Knope

7 posted on 07/27/2018 12:32:33 PM PDT by Liz ( Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.)
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To: MarMema

Amite is a township in La.


8 posted on 07/27/2018 12:32:52 PM PDT by eastforker (All in, I'm all Trump,what you got!)
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To: BBell

Satanic!


9 posted on 07/27/2018 12:33:29 PM PDT by PROCON ('Progressive' is a Euphemism for Totalitarian)
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To: MarMema; piasa

It’s pronounced A-meat-ta. It’s French for Ron Jeremy.


10 posted on 07/27/2018 12:34:29 PM PDT by BBell (shoot shot shoot shot shoot shot gimme a tissue!!!)
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To: Red Badger

I think, as an alternative to killing, having them saw off their extremities and eat them for be an appropriate punishment.


11 posted on 07/27/2018 12:35:04 PM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: BBell

We need to bring back public executions for these sort of scumbags,

Some crimes are so horrendous, the culprits should be humiliated and executed righteously in formt of the entire community


12 posted on 07/27/2018 12:35:16 PM PDT by WashingtonFire (President Trump - it's like having your dad as President.)
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To: BBell

I could not read the article w/o disabling my Ad Blocker.
In California, we have Child Protective Services and Adult Protective Services. In the Northern Bay, we have Golden Gate Regional Center, that will appoint advocates for elderly or disabled adults. Why was no one checking on this young woman?

The article says she was getting benefit checks. That sounds like SSI. I suppose it can happen, where someone is completely overlooked. The horrible family members probably pretended to be her caregivers, and nobody ever challenged them on it. No body ever asked if they were really qualified to care for her. Did anyone ever interview this young woman alone and ask her how she felt about things? Or were those Quarterly Reports faked too? Sad!!


13 posted on 07/27/2018 12:36:08 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: eastforker

Oh duh. Thanks.


14 posted on 07/27/2018 12:37:24 PM PDT by MarMema (John James for US Senate. Dump Debbie!! Let's Fly Michigan.)
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To: BBell

Thanks.


15 posted on 07/27/2018 12:38:09 PM PDT by MarMema (John James for US Senate. Dump Debbie!! Let's Fly Michigan.)
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To: ConservativeMind

Each other’s........................


16 posted on 07/27/2018 12:38:48 PM PDT by Red Badger (July 2018 - the month the world discovered the TRUTH......Q Anon)
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To: BBell

Appears to clearly be a case of demon possession. Exorcism capsules should be immediately administered at 1300+fps to clear the problem.


17 posted on 07/27/2018 12:42:08 PM PDT by FrodoBaggins
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To: Liz
Time to take out the trash.
 
18 posted on 07/27/2018 1:07:46 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (MAGA in the mornin', MAGA in the evenin', MAGA at suppertime . . .)
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To: Liz

Charming Bunch...


19 posted on 07/27/2018 1:09:09 PM PDT by Big Red Badger (UNSCANABLE in an IDIOCRACY)
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To: Liz

It appears if all 5 IQs were totaled, it may add up to 80. Ignorance and evil are often bedfellows.


20 posted on 07/27/2018 1:16:00 PM PDT by txrefugee
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