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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Is this Amite County, Louisiana? The late, great Jerry Clower was from “Route 4, Amite County, Liberty, Mississippi.”
For some reason I don’t think he was related to this bunch of trailer trash.
We have Parishes in Louisiana.
Amite is a small town of about 4,000 off I-55,
some 20 miles North of I-12 and Hammond, La.
There is about 30 miles or so straight line distance
between the two. Maybe 50 miles or less via highways.
Liberty, Amite County, Mississippi to Amite, Tangipahoa Parish,Louisiana
My first thought when reading the headline (after being appalled) was “What are the Amites? Are they some kind of weird religious around - a cross between Amish and Mennonites?”
A further read into the article cleared that up for me.
Well, I had to look up what kind of cult the Amites are. Evidently, Amite is the name of a town in Louisiana.
Well, I had to look up what kind of cult the Amites are.
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Probably a mix between Cajun and Red Necks......
Absolutely not
Louisiana doesn't have counties.
Amite is in Tangipahoa Parish. It's about half way between Kentwood (also mentioned in the story) and Hammond.
all you have to do is x it out and it goes away, no need to disable anything.
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