© FacebookRosalyn McGinnis and Henri Michele Piette
Henri Michele Piette, 62, is accused of keeping his stepdaughter captive for 19 years after "marrying" her when she was around 11 years old, according to court documents provided to Fox News. His other children told investigators that he began sexually assaulting Rosalynn McGinnis when she was very young, the court documents said.
McGinnis was repeatedly raped, stabbed, choked until unconscious, shot and beaten with baseball bats while she was allegedly held captive by Piette, the Oklahoman reported.
Investigators said McGinnis was taken from a school in Poteau, Okla., by Piette's son in 1997 after her mother had left Piette, allegedly because he abused her. McGinnis was then introduced to Piette's other children as "their new mother," an FBI agent said, according to the Oklahoman.
Piette moved around the US and Mexico with McGinnis, but to make it seem as though they were still in Oklahoma, Piette would drive the young girl to the Sooner State to mail letters, court documents alleged. In June 2016, McGinnis, now 33, was able to escape from a tent in rural Mexico with eight of her nine children, she told People. She went to a US embassy and was able to be brought back to America with her children, according to court documents.
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