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PrintCOLUMBIA — The alleged victims in a Missouri child sex abuse case told investigators that adult relatives had them pose for photos "in a sexual and provocative manner."
According to a search warrant from Columbia, the alleged victims said that when they were children adult relatives would take them to various locations and photograph them with naked men.
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- In this photo released by the Lafayette County Sheriff's Department, from left, Jared Leroy Mohler, 48, of Columbia, David A. Mohler, 52, of Lamoni, Iowa, Burrell Edward Mohler Sr., 77, of Independence, Burrell Edward Mohler Jr., 53, also of Independence and Roland Neil Mohler, 47, of Bates City. All were arrested Tuesday and charged with forcible sodomy, rape and use of a child in a sexual performance.
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The warrant also says authorities seized more than 60 videos from the Columbia home of Jared Mohler, one of the men charged. Also charged are Mohler's father and three brothers.
According to the Boone County warrant, the alleged victims told their mother about the abuse but said she did not tell authorities. The warrant says she told church leaders instead.
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