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Sheriff: 4-year-old Missouri girl's killers sought to remove 'demon' By AP author Ethan Mast, Kourtney Aumen (Credit: Benton County Sheriff's Office) COLE CAMP, Mo. - 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," a Missouri sheriff said Tuesday. Ethan Mast, 35, and Kourtney Aumen, 21, are charged with second-degree murder, sexual abuse and three counts of assault. 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 kin...

oxygen Insider Exclusive! Sign Up for Free to View A Missouri couple has been accused of fatally torturing their own neighbors, a mother and her two kids, and the killing of a little girl. Early Sunday, James Mast, 28, of Cole Camp, Missouri called 911 to report that his 4-year-old daughter was dead, the Benton County Sheriff’s Office said in a press release. He said the child “had been beaten, submerged in a pond, then left to freeze on the bank before being taken back into the residence.” When investigators arrived on the scene, they found the girl dead in her bedroom, according to lo...

Two Lincoln residents have been arrested and charged in connection with the death of a child and severe beating of another child and their mother over the weekend. According to a release from Benton County Sheriff Eric Knox, Benton County Dispatch was notified just before 1 a.m. on Sunday, December 20, regarding a 4-year-old female who was deceased. The father, 28-year-old James Mast, of a rural Cole Camp residence, stated that his daughter had been beaten, submerged in a pond, then left to freeze on the bank before being taken back into the residence. The mother of the deceased, 28-year-old ...

Two persons have been arrested in connection with the death of a child and severe beating of another child and their mother over the weekend. According to a release from Benton County Sheriff Eric Knox, Benton County Dispatch was notified just before 1 a.m. on Sunday, December 20, regarding a 4-year-old female who was deceased. The father, 28-year-old James Mast, of a rural Cole Camp residence, stated that his daughter had been beaten, submerged in a pond, then left to freeze on the bank before being taken back into the residence. The mother of the deceased, 28-year-old Mary S. Mast, and a 2-...

2 charged with murder in connection to death of 4-year-old Mo. girl By KY3 | December 21, 2020 at 9:05 AM CST - Updated December 21 at 9:18 AM WARSAW, Mo. (KY3) - The Benton County, Mo. prosecutor filed a murder charge Monday morning in the beating death of a four-year-old child. Authorities arrested two in the investigation, Ethan Mast, 35, and Kourtney Aumen, 21, of a neighboring Cole Camp residence. They each face first-degree murder, felony assault and child abuse charges. A four-year-old girl died Sunday morning near Cole Camp. Investigators responded to a home near Buckskin Lane aro...