“Some of the abuse is also said to have been captured on video before the two 13-year-olds were able to escape from the cellar through a window the day after being abducted.”
“After escaping, the two girls were able to report the incident to the police, who discovered seven different genetic profiles of men through forensic examination of the victims and were able to identify and arrest the suspects starting in November 2020 and ending in February of this year.”
“The eight suspects in custody have claimed that the sex with the two girls was consensual and that they believed the girls were at least 16 or 17 years old at the time of the incident.”
“One of the young men, a 19-year-old, was denied a request for release after 15 months in pre-trial detention and has been convicted of crimes six times in the past, including violent robbery. He was also shot in the head previously at a drug deal in a case of attempted murder.”