While mother smoked meth, 3 men accused of raping her 9-year-old girl

Salt Lake City -- The trial has begun for three men accused of raping a 9-year-old girl. Her mother was in the garage smoking methamphetamine.

According to the prosecution, they took the child to a back bedroom, held her down and raped her in 2016.

The girl testified that they threatened to kill her if she told anyone. The attack occurred in rural Uintah County, on the border of Colorado. The child told her mother what happened, two days later.

The defense argue that there is no DNA or other physical evidence implying the child knows what rape is and is lying to the court. The men are being charged with child rape and sodomy, and are: Larson RonDeau, 38, Randall Flatlip, 28, and Jerry Flatlip, 31. 

The defense is claiming the child-welfare workers mishandled the interview with the child and said the mother may have influenced the child's account.

If convicted, it is hoped the three "men" will have cell mates who feel the way most incarcerated men feel about child rape and deal justice accordingly.


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