NewsApril 12, 2007
Ste. Gen man charged with abusing six more children
STE. GENEVIEVE, Mo. -- The husband of an eastern Missouri day-care operator was charged Wednesday with molesting six more children, bringing the number of alleged victims to eight. Law enforcement officials have said additional charges are possible. They said William Huck Sr., 60, confessed to molesting 40 children over the past three decades. His wife ran a home-based day care during those years in Ste. Genevieve and authorities said she did not know of the abuse...
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STE. GENEVIEVE, Mo. -- The husband of an eastern Missouri day-care operator was charged Wednesday with molesting six more children, bringing the number of alleged victims to eight.
Law enforcement officials have said additional charges are possible. They said William Huck Sr., 60, confessed to molesting 40 children over the past three decades. His wife ran a home-based day care during those years in Ste. Genevieve and authorities said she did not know of the abuse.
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The Ste. Genevieve County prosecutor filed 17 more counts of statutory sodomy, child molestation and sex abuse charges against him Wednesday, in addition to the 17 counts he previously faced.
Huck was arrested March 25.
He is being held on $1 million bond at the county's jail.
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