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Ronald Benavides

Feb 26, 2014

Stepbrother of starved girl gets 5 years

A judge has sentenced a Wisconsin man to a total of five years in prison for sexually assaulting his severely abused younger stepsister and another girl in an unrelated case.

Feb 21, 2014

Man convicted of assaulting girl held in basement (UPDATE)

A Wisconsin jury on Friday convicted a 20-year-old man of sexually and physically abusing his stepsister while her parents starved her and kept her in the basement.

Feb 18, 2014

Man on trial in sexual assault of stepsister (UPDATE)

The Wisconsin teenager who was found walking barefoot and in her pajamas two winters ago was sexually assaulted twice by her older stepbrother beginning when she was 9 years old, prosecutors said during opening statements Tuesday at her sibling's trial.

Feb 23, 2012

Hearings for starved girl’s parents postponed

A judge postponed preliminary hearings for a father and stepmother accused of forcing the man's daughter to live for years in the sparse basement of their Wisconsin home and denying her sufficient food after they appeared in court Thursday without attorneys.

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