Jean Peters Baker will make sure justice is done in Maryville
If Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker investigates the Maryville, Mo., sexual assault case and no charges are filed, that will be because it was too weak to prosecute. But if she does move...
View ArticleJackson County prosecutor takes Maryville case; rally planned Tuesday
Associate Judge Glen Dietrich has chosen Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker as the special prosecutor in the case of an alleged sexual assault in 2012 in Maryville, Mo. Nodaway County...
View ArticleBlame game in Maryville sexual assault case misses the point
Many young girls' first sexual experiences happen only because they drink enough liquor to participate. Sometimes they do so willingly. Sometimes it's under duress or by outright violence. Daisy...
View ArticleFear and frustration engulf Maryville
In this close-knit town of 12,000 some 90 minutes north of Kansas City, there were few who weren't already painfully aware of the murky particulars of a case that had divided the city. Residents say...
View ArticleProsecutor clears way for new charges in Maryville sex assault case
Nodaway County Prosecutor Robert Rice said Wednesday that he's asked a judge to appoint a special prosecutor who can determine whether any charges will be filed in connection with an alleged sexual...
View ArticleAnger over Maryville case boils on Internet
The mother of a teenage Albany, Mo., girl said Monday she hoped the fresh attention given a dismissed Maryville, Mo., sexual abuse case would prompt local authorities to take another look at it. The...
View ArticleExcerpts of secret recording in Maryville case
Melinda Coleman on Thursday provided five excerpts from what she said was a secret recording of a May 2012 conversation with Nodaway County Prosecutor Robert L. Rice. Here is a partial transcript. The...
View ArticleMother of alleged victim in Maryville case releases secret recordings
The recordings seem to confirm her claims that she cooperated with authorities through the time when the prosecutor dropped felony charges against a teen who had been accused of sexual assault.
View ArticleNightmare in Maryville: Teens' sexual encounter ignites a firestorm against...
The incident sparked outrage in Maryville, Mo., though the worst of it was directed not at the accused perpetrators but at a victim and her family. In the months that followed, Melinda Coleman lost her...
View ArticleStorify: Read reaction from across the Internet to the Maryville story
Read reaction from across the Internet to the story of the alleged sexual assault of then-14-year-old Daisy Coleman in Maryville, Mo.
View ArticleMissouri officials call for new investigations in Maryville case
Missouri Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder and House Speaker Tim Jones have urged new investigations in a sexual-assault case that has embroiled the town of Maryville, Mo., and gained international attention. The...
View ArticleRally in Maryville runs low of attendees, but not spirit
The "Justice4Daisy" rally originally was intended to protest the handling of the case of Daisy Coleman. But once a special prosecutor was named to look into the case, said an event organizer, it became...
View ArticleMaryville case puts Missouri juvenile justice system under the microscope
The teen who admitted having nonconsensual sex with Daisy Coleman's 13-year-old friend from Albany, Mo., was taken into the state juvenile justice system. Nearly two years later, the Albany victim's...
View ArticleDaisy Coleman, teen at center of Maryville sexual assault case, is recovering...
Robin Bourland, a longtime acquaintance of the family, said Coleman was being treated at a Kansas City children's psychiatric hospital after ingesting unidentified pills Sunday evening. Coleman's...
View ArticleJackson County prosecutor will appear at hearing Thursday in Maryville sexual...
Jean Peters Baker is expected to offer a status report on her investigation. A Nodaway County judge appointed Baker as special prosecutor in October amid an international furor over the decision by the...
View ArticleMaryville teen pleads guilty to endangerment; no sexual assault charge is filed
Matthew Barnett, 19, also apologized to his victim, Daisy Coleman, who was 14 at the time. The charge was misdemeanor child endangerment, not a felony sexual assault. "There was insufficient evidence,"...
View ArticleReopen case, says mother in Maryville sexual assault case
The mother of a teenage Albany, Mo., girl said Monday she hoped the fresh attention given a dismissed Maryville, Mo., sexual abuse case would prompt local authorities to take another look at it. "I'd...
View ArticleSpecial prosecutor is sought in Maryville sex assault case
Embattled Nodaway County Prosecuting Attorney Robert L. Rice on Wednesday announced that he had cleared the way for the possibility of new charges being filed in a sexual assault case that has received...
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