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Updated: 6:59 AM CST December 23, 2020 Ethan Mast, 35, and Kourtney Aumen, 21, are charged with second-degree murder and other offenses. Both are jailed without bond and don’t yet have attorneys, according to court records. “Based on what I know, I think this could be some kind of honest-to-goodness religious-type episode,” Benton County Sheriff Eric Knox said in a phone interview. The suspects and the victimized family belonged to the same church, but Knox declined to name the church or its denomination. Deputies were called around 1 a.m. Sunday to a rural home near the...

Share and speak up for justice, law & order... BENTON COUNTY, Mo. — A 4-year-old Missouri girl has been found dead after being attacked by two neighbors who claimed they wanted to remove a “demon” from her family, police say.   Ethan Mast, 35, and Kourtney Aumen, 21, are now facing second-degree murder and other charges following the discovery of the child’s body over the weekend at a home in Cole Camp, southeast of Kansas City. “Based on what I know, I think this could be some kind of honest-to-goodness religious-type episode,” Benton County Sheriff Eric Knox told th...

Don't show me this message again✕ Ethan Mast and Kourtney Aumen, who are charged with the murder of a 4-year-old girl who they claimed was possessed by a “demon." (Benton County Sheriff’s Office) A four-year-old girl was allegedly murdered by her neighbours who were trying to remove a "demon" from her. Ethan Mast, 35 and Kourtney Aumen, 21, were arrested on Monday in Cole Camp, Missouri, after the girl's father told the Benton County Sheriff's Office that the couple had beaten her and dumped her in a freezing pond. The father, James Mast, said the couple beat his daughter over the cou...

A Missouri sheriff says a 4-year-old girl died after being dunked in an icy pond and beaten by two neighbors who claimed it was necessary to remove a “demon." 35-year-old Ethan Mast and 21-year-old Kourtney Aumen are charged with second-degree murder and other offenses. Benton County Sheriff Eric Knox says the crime appears to be the result of “some kind of honest-to-goodness religious-type episode." Deputies were called Sunday to a rural home near Lincoln and found the 4-year-old wrapped in a blanket. A probable cause statement says she had severe bruising and blisters over her body. Bot...

Neighbors Charged After Allegedly Beating 4-Year-Old Girl to Death, Torturing Her Family People 12/23/2020 © Provided by People Benton County Sheriff's Office Ethan Mast and Kourtney Aumen A Missouri couple is behind bars this morning, accused of torturing a family of four before murdering a 4-year-old girl, allegedly believing they were exorcising a demon from her body. According to a press release from the Benton County Sheriff's Office, deputies were dispatched to a residence in Cole Camp shortly after 1 a.m. on Sunday, after receiving a call from the slain girl's father. The release ...