Inbreeding has to go on for few generations before you see defects
Posted on 10/20/2006 10:31:42 AM PDT by presidio9
Police say a former city resident had sex with his daughters for nearly two decades in an effort to produce what he considered a pure bloodline.
Prosecutors say six children were born as a result of the sexual assaults.
The man, who had since moved to Brooklyn, N.Y., is charged with nine counts of sexual assault, 13 counts of aggravated sexual assault, as well as endangering the welfare of a child, aggravated criminal sexual contact, criminal sexual contact and lewdness. His girlfriend also faces sexual assault charges.
Prosecutors say the sexual assaults took place from 1985 through 2002, starting when some of the alleged victims were 13-years old.
The Associated Press is not publishing the 48-year-old father's name because it would identify his daughters.
He has been held at the Passaic County Jail on $500,000 bail since his arrest in July. A grand jury indicted him this week.
Joseph Portelli, the defendant's attorney, told The Record of Bergen County for Friday's newspapers that his client "still maintains
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spending a little time in Brooklyn would cause one to conclude that this sort of thing isn't all that unusual.
Obviously the man in the article thought "purebred" and "inbred" were synonymous terms.
"The Associated Press is not publishing the 48-year-old father's name because it would identify his daughters."
But his name will come out eventually.
"public record"
I feel sorry for those girls.
All I can say is that I'm glad this story wasn't from West Virginia.
The cost of thsi trial could be avoided with the purchase and expenditure a single bullet - I'll donate a dollar and let them keep the change.
What happened to these children? Do they suffer from any defects? I didn't see that mentioned.
Besides being outraged ... I was wondering about that too -
"What happened to these children? Do they suffer from any defects? "
Probably not. Inbreeding has to go on for few generations before you see defects, I believe.
Inbreeding has to go on for few generations before you see defects
What an awful, sad story.
Once gay marriage is enshrined in our "constitutional rights" this and more will be the norm.
It heightens the risk. I don't think there is any guarantee one way or the other regardless of generations. The risk probably does mount with increasing generations -- beyond just the number of rolls of the dice.
Twenty years he did this?
And the one was 13 when it started, making her likely 33 now?
And they didn't speak up?
They were originally from Port Jervis or Walden NY, right?
Incest: A fun game the whole family can play
You hit the ball out of the park on this one!!
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