Parents of 8-year-old rape victim charged with abuse

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NN) -- Arizona police arrested the parents of an 8-year-old Liberian girl who was allegedly sexually assaulted by four boys in July.

The father, 59, and mother, 47, were arrested Friday in Phoenix on seven counts of child abuse, said police spokesman Sgt. Andy Hill. Police were waiting for them at their home after the Maricopa County Attorney's Office issued the warrants.

The names of the parents have been withheld by CNN to avoid identifying the daughter, who is an alleged rape victim.

The child abuse investigation was based on documented incidents from the Phoenix Police Department and numerous referrals to Arizona Child Protective Services dating to 2005.

Police said the parents, refugees from the West African nation, used sticks, wires and their fists to hit their young daughter.

Witnesses told CNN affiliate KTVK that the parents left their daughter wandering their apartment complex alone at night, begging for food.

Details of the girl's assault last summer shocked the nation. She was allegedly lured to a storage shed, pinned down and gang-raped by four boys, none of them older than 14

That's just ...golden.

 

[CyberPitz]

She's not going to be crazy, I Swear!

 

[dfc05]

That is really sad. Poor girl, hope they get her in a better family

 

[Krynn72]

What kind of ****ed up neighborhood is that? Four kids, all under 14 go around raping people? What the ****.

 

[Steve]

Maybe she shouldn't have been dressing like a little 8-year-old slut.

 

[VirusType2]

Maybe she shouldn't have been dressing like a little 8-year-old slut.

This. She was asking for it.

 

[DEATHMASTER]

Those boys need a good flaming shoryuken

 

[Naph]

Sounds the backstory of most Anime protagonists love interest.

 

[Maestro]

Sounds the backstory of most Anime protagonists love interest.

God damnit Naph you always make me laugh at things I should feel bad about.

 

[flamingdts]

Oh Noz.

That is wrong indeed.

 

[Warped]

where is Steven Seagal when you need him most??

 

[YROC]

Goddamn. Just goddamn.

 

[Vegeta897]

This. She was asking for it.

Yeah and she was a god damn liberal.

Err wait. Oh. Liberian. Whatever that is.