then asked the judge if they could go to the funeral.

Why would anyone want to go "back" to Missouri?

Religion is crazy.


https://www.thedailybeast.com/missouri-parents-mary-and-james-mast-cant-go-to-their-demon-4-year-old-childs-funeral-judge-says

The parents who allegedly looked on as their 4-year-old daughter was fatally beaten and dunked in icy water by neighbors bent on removing a perceived “demon” have been denied permission to attend the child’s funeral.

Neighbors have been charged in the killing in a “religious-type event” that involved beating and dunking a 4-year-old girl in icy water to “remove demons” as the parents watched.

Mary Mast, 29, and James Mast, 28, of Lincoln, Missouri, pleaded not guilty to child-endangerment charges on Monday related to allegations that they allowed their neighbors to conduct a “religious-type event” that resulted in the girl’s death, according to local media reports. The couple’s newborn and 2-year-old son were placed into temporary foster care after the Masts were taken into custody, according to a news release by Benton County Sheriff Eric Knox.

Neighbors Ethan Mast, 35, (no relation to the parents), and Kourtney Aumen, 21, were charged with second-degree murder, three counts of first-degree assault, and sexual abuse for the child’s death last week. Both families are members of the same church, which has not been identified. None of the accused have lawyers, according to media reports.

Officials said Ethan Mast and Aumen told investigators that they used a leather belt and a wooden spoon to beat the child and her toddler brother in order to remove “the demon” before taking her to a nearby pond on a day that temperatures were barely above freezing.

Authorities say James Mast told investigators that the beatings had gone on for around two weeks and that they had been forced to perform “sexual acts” on their 4-year-old with a “foreign object” or they would be beaten or “go to hell.” They say Ethan Mast and Aumen watched them on surveillance cameras inside the home but turned them off when they came over to beat the family they deemed “possessed.” Ethan Mast and Aumen deny the charges and say the videotapes of the couple beating their own children prove their innocence.

According to court documents obtained by KRCG, Mary Mast said she also dunked her daughter in the icy pond in an attempt to get rid of her supposed demons after she had been convinced that she, too, was possessed and that her 4-year-old had essentially inherited the devil from her. When asked why she allowed this to happen, Mary Mast told investigators, “This has been a huge God thing that they convinced us of.”

The sheriff’s department listed the charges on its Facebook page. “Mary was charged with Endangering the Welfare of a Child in the First Degree Resulting in Death (Felony A) and Domestic Assault in the First Degree (Felony A),” the Benton County Sheriff Facebook page states. “James is being charged with Endangering the Welfare of a child in the First Degree Resulting in Death (Felony A) and Endangering the Welfare of a Child in the First Degree Resulting in Serious Physical Injury (Felony B).”



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It's such a bizarre story. I can't imagine any parent not rushing to protect their child, even at risk to their own life, during such an attack. They are all a bunch of complete lunatics.

I feel sorry for the judge, jury, and whoever else has to listen to all that testimony. I know from conversations with a former colleague of mine (a school social worker,) that some people must deal with so much of humanity's dark side. My colleague obviously could not share much of what she knew about a given situation, but there was enough sketched out for me to feel very, very sorry for her, and especially for my dear little innocent student who had been so badly abused.

They need to dunk the parents and neighbors in the icy pond, they are demons

Just when I thought nothing justified public lynching.

They watch fox news

Stupidity & cruelty know no boundaries or common sense.

those involved should serve life no-parole terms, at least the other children have been removed (are all in jail now? I hope so).