MT - John Lieba for kidnapping, rape of 4yo girl, Wolf Point, 2016

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Oh my god my stomach flipped reading that new info. How horrible. Ugh. So happy she's alive though.
 
Disgusting. I hope he is put away forever.
 
My heart sank when I saw the initials, although I expected that based on comments I was reading on Facebook posts. This poor little beautiful baby who had her innocence taken away :(. I hope there are resources to help her and her family.
 
Bless this Child God's arms forever. So happy she is alive and hopefully doesn't remember any of what happened to her

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The has been updated. She is out of the hospital and home now. Money raised beyond what they used in billings will fund a play structure in their yard. Miss M is scared to go to the park now. :(
 
bessie said:
I'm happy to do it, Skib, because it means the dear child is alive. Just sorry that's all I can snip, iykwim. :furious:
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I am beside myself. As much as I wish she will be too young to remember, based on my own similar experience, she may very well remember her horrifyingly traumatic experience. :(

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:tears:

I will stop here, before I earn myself a permanent trip to band camp. :stormingmad:

May she receive all the support, therapy, love and care she so deserves. She has already proven she is a survivor, and I will keep her in my prayers. Her image may be redacted (and understandably so), but I will forever remember her face. She will remain in my heart always - for whatever that's worth....

As for the :censored: who did this to her - there is no punishment harsh enough, IMO! Throw the law library at him and throw away the key!

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kimi_SFC said:
I am beside myself. As much as I wish she will be too young to remember, based on my own similar experience, she may very well remember her horrifyingly traumatic experience. :(

:eek:verreaction:
:tears:

I will stop here, before I earn myself a permanent trip to band camp. :stormingmad:

May she receive all the support, therapy, love and care she so deserves. She has already proven she is a survivor, and I will keep her in my prayers. Her image may be redacted (and understandably so), but I will forever remember her face. She will remain in my heart always - for whatever that's worth....

As for the :censored: who did this to her - there is no punishment harsh enough, IMO! Throw the law library at him and throw away the key!

:judge:




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I am so sorry, Kimi. I hate what you went through to get where you are today! I am so dang thankful for you because your heart and compassion is so evident in your posts.; I always look forward to what you add to the cases on WS. Thank you for the opportunity you have given me to see the other side of evil's intention. You are an absolute blessing. My prayer for our girl is that she grows up to be like you.
 
A man charged with kidnapping and raping a 4-year-old girl on a Montana Indian Reservation stopped taking his prescribed anti-psychotic medication before the alleged attack and does not remember the events, according to his defense attorney.

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Lieba has pleaded not guilty to federal charges of kidnapping someone under 18, aggravated sexual abuse and assault resulting in serious bodily injury on someone under 18. He could face life in prison and up to $750,000 in fines if convicted on all counts.

http://m.newsok.com/article/feed/1048474
 
http://www.krtv.com/story/34195392/lieba-found-competent-to-stand-trial-for-kidnapping-and-sexually-abusing-poplar-girl

John Lieba, accused of kidnapping a Poplar girl from a Wolf Point playground and sexually abusing her, was found competent to stand trial during a Thursday hearing.

Lieba, 21 years old, is charged in U.S. District Court in Great Falls with kidnapping a minor, aggravated sexual abuse, and assault.

At his competency hearing, Lieba was directly questioned by the judge about his competency to proceed with trial and he agreed he was competent, according to court minutes.

Lieba was returned to federal custody.

Trial is set for February 6.
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New details released in case against Lieba, accused of kidnapping and raping Poplar girl

http://www.krtv.com/story/35060895/new-details-released-in-case-against-lieba-accused-of-kidnapping-and-raping-poplar-girl

Lieba, 21 years old, is charged in U.S. District Court in Great Falls with kidnapping, aggravated sexual abuse, and assault.

His trial is set to begin April 10.

Prosecutors filed a trial brief Monday outlining the anticipated proof they will present the jury.
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According to that document, the victim and another young girl were playing in the park in Wolf Point when Lieba began chasing them.

The girls ran home and the mother of one of the girls told Lieba to leave their property.

Lieba caught the 4-year-old girl and kidnapped her within an hour later, according to court documents.

The victim's mother contacted police, who launched a state-wide search and Amber Alert.

One child reported seeing Lieba take the girl down the street toward the railroad tracks, but police could not find the girl that day.

The following afternoon, law enforcement stopped a vehicle that Lieba was a passenger in.

Lieba was arrested and taken to jail, where he was questioned about the missing girl. Lieba told detectives he was stressed because he had not been in an intimate relationship with a woman lately, according to court documents. He also said he had recently stopped taking his medication and was apathetic, noted investigators.
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poor baby girl, I hope she is getting love and support to get through this :*(
 
Trial underway in Fort Peck child kidnapping case

http://www.greatfallstribune.com/story/news/local/2017/04/10/trial-underway-fort-peck-child-kidnapping-case/100310176/

On the first of a three-day trial in Great Falls on Monday, Assistant U.S. District Attorney Ryan Weldon gave the prosecution’s side of the testimony ahead.

“This is a case about kidnapping, raping and strangling a 4-year-old girl,” Weldon said. “He also left her for dead.”

Weldon talked about the girls who were reportedly playing tag with the victim in a park nearby the girls’ homes. He talked about the interagency manhunt that took place after the victim was officially noted missing by her grandmother around 7:30 p.m. He also told the jurors about the woman who told law enforcement Lieba was with her the next morning before his arrest.

Weldon also mentioned the bleeding from the girl’s genitals after she was recovered from the pickup. He included that the victim now has genital herpes, as does Lieba, Weldon said.

He also said a medical specialist would testify about the broken blood vessels found on her neck after she was recovered, a typical sign of strangulation.

The state’s primary evidence in the case is likely going to be its DNA samples collected from both the girl and Lieba, which were reportedly found on each other.
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Larry Overby, an FBI agent stationed in Glasgow, was the state’s first witness. He described the canvassing performed by law enforcement in search of the girl. He also talked about interviewing Lieba in the hour after his arrest.

“I begged him to tell us where (the victim) was,” Overby said.

Two girls also testified on Monday. One, a 12-year old girl, told the jury she and another friend were playing tag in a nearby park when they apparently awoke Lieba, who was sleeping inside a piece of playground equipment. She said Lieba chased them to their house, where one of her parents chased Lieba away. About an hour later, the victim was reported missing.

Another girl, 9 years old, said she was with the victim that afternoon of the kidnapping. She said she walked outside and saw the victim, who was standing the street, when she was allegedly picked up and taken away by Lieba on foot.
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Oh My Lord. What a monster. I hope he is locked away forever. These poor girls. :mad:
 
Wolf Point man guilty of kidnapping, rape of 4-year-old

http://www.greatfallstribune.com/story/news/local/2017/04/11/wolf-point-man-guilty-kidnapping-rape-year-old/100352026/

A Wolf Point man on Tuesday was found guilty of three federal charges involving the kidnapping, rape and strangulation of a 4-year-old girl in 2016.

A jury found John Lieba, 21, guilty of kidnapping, aggravated sexual abuse and assault resulting in serious bodily injury. The jury took 27 minutes to deliberate after a two-day trial.

Lieba now faces a mandatory-minimum sentence of 65 years in federal prison, as well as a $750,000 fine.

U.S. District of Montana Judge Brian Morris set Lieba’s sentencing for 11 a.m. Aug. 3.
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During closing arguments Tuesday afternoon, Assistant U.S. Attorney Ryan Weldon attempted to frame all the evidence within the larger picture of the trial. From the 6-year-old girl who said she saw Lieba take the victim away, to Lieba’s own recorded statement about where the victim would be located approximately 40 hours later. He revisited the DNA evidence that an examiner with the FBI testified about earlier Tuesday, and the genital herpes shared by the Lieba and the victim.

Weldon hammered the jury about Lieba’s statements to local and federal law enforcement, in which Lieba said he was stressed out because he had not been in an intimate relationship for so long.

“Ladies and gentlemen, it was about sex,” Weldon said.
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Lieba spared life sentence, for kidnap, rape of 4-year-old Wolf Point girl

http://www.greatfallstribune.com/story/news/crime/2017/07/26/lieba-sentenced-40-years-kidnap/514541001/

Investigators and prosecutors were emotional in their requests on Wednesday for a life sentence to be given to the 22-year-old Wolf Point man convicted of kidnapping, raping and strangling a 4-year-old girl, but the federal judge opted instead to give the convicted a "window of hope at the end of his life."

John William Lieba II was sentenced Wednesday to 500 months in federal prison for crimes he committed against the toddler in February 2016. U.S. District Judge Brian Morris gave Lieba 500 months per each of the three charges: kidnapping a minor, aggravated sexual abuse and assault resulting in serious bodily injury on a minor. Each set of 500 months will run concurrent, totaling about 41 1/2 years.

Federal inmates are not granted parole. Lieba will be 63 when he is released, barring any incidents while in prison.
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why would the judge be concerned that the murderer/child rapist get a 'window of hope at the end of his life'? I haven't followed this case and am only reading about it now but that sentencing comment jumped out at me and seems outrageously insensitive to the victim's family

JusticeWillBeServed said:
Lieba spared life sentence, for kidnap, rape of 4-year-old Wolf Point girl


http://www.greatfallstribune.com/story/news/crime/2017/07/26/lieba-sentenced-40-years-kidnap/514541001/
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