Mother reacts to allegations her ex-husband raped their daughter
"I've known their dad since we were like ten years old, so it's not like somebody like I just ran across," mother Veronica Coriell said. "We've been childhood friends."
Long-time friends and after two children together, Veronica Coriell can't grasp how her ex-husband could have harmed their 8-year-old daughter.
"That's not Ray. Something is not right, something happened in the last year with him," Coriell said. "It breaks my heart. I love my little girl, but what's going on with him, it breaks my heart to know that he could do that."
After a seven hour SWAT standoff on Thursday, 29-year-old Ray Coriell was arrested and charged with the kidnapping, rape and attempted murder of his own daughter.
It came as a shock to the family. But, Louis Gill, Director of the Alliance Against Family Violence and Sexual Assault, knows cases like this all too well.
"The unfortunate reality is that over 70 percent of perpetrators of sexual assault are known to their victims," Gill said. "It's a family member. It's a family friend. It's somebody that is trusted."
All five of Ray Coriell's children have been taken into protective custody, but Veronica Coriell worries about her daughter and older son.
"Both my kids need me. They are both over there, and I can't do anything. I'm helpless right now," the mother said.
The Sheriff's Department is collecting evidence that will help a judge ultimately determine who gets custody of the girl and her siblings.
"You have to understand that in this case we're going to check all the boxes before we allow this. She's been through enough trauma," Sheriff Donny Youngblood said.
Long-time friends and after two children together, Veronica Coriell can't grasp how her ex-husband could have harmed their 8-year-old daughter.
"That's not Ray. Something is not right, something happened in the last year with him," Coriell said. "It breaks my heart. I love my little girl, but what's going on with him, it breaks my heart to know that he could do that."
After a seven hour SWAT standoff on Thursday, 29-year-old Ray Coriell was arrested and charged with the kidnapping, rape and attempted murder of his own daughter.
It came as a shock to the family. But, Louis Gill, Director of the Alliance Against Family Violence and Sexual Assault, knows cases like this all too well.
"The unfortunate reality is that over 70 percent of perpetrators of sexual assault are known to their victims," Gill said. "It's a family member. It's a family friend. It's somebody that is trusted."
All five of Ray Coriell's children have been taken into protective custody, but Veronica Coriell worries about her daughter and older son.
"Both my kids need me. They are both over there, and I can't do anything. I'm helpless right now," the mother said.
The Sheriff's Department is collecting evidence that will help a judge ultimately determine who gets custody of the girl and her siblings.
"You have to understand that in this case we're going to check all the boxes before we allow this. She's been through enough trauma," Sheriff Donny Youngblood said.
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