Editing Maryville, Missouri (section)

=== 2012 sexual assault ===

A controversial case arose in 2012 when a boy, 17 at the time of the incident, was arrested for the rape and [[sexual assault]] of a 14-year-old girl.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Is Maryville, Missouri the Next Steubenville?|url=https://jezebel.com/is-maryville-missouri-the-next-steubenville-1445028162|access-date=2020-12-16|website=Jezebel|date=October 14, 2013 |language=en-us}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/missouri-teen-writes-raped-grandson-politician-target-maryville-community-article-1.1489769|title=Missouri teen writes about allegedly being raped by grandson of politician and target in Maryville community|first=Joe|last=Kemp|website=[[New York Daily News]]|date=October 18, 2013 |access-date=August 5, 2020}}</ref> A 15-year-old boy was accused of doing the same to the girl’s 13-year-old friend, and a third boy admitted to recording the first boy's alleged assault on a cellphone.<ref name="autogenerated2">{{Cite magazine|url=https://time.com/368/a-cold-end-to-maryville-sexual-assault-case/|title=A Cold End to Maryville Sexual Assault Case|magazine=Time|access-date=August 5, 2020}}</ref><ref name="motherjones1">{{cite web|author=Maggie CaldwellBio |url=https://www.motherjones.com/crime-justice/2013/10/maryville-anonymous-football-rape-case/ |title=Anonymous Takes On the Maryville Rape Scandal. Is This a Good Thing?  |work=Mother Jones |date=2013-10-15 |access-date=2020-05-09}}</ref> A significant controversy arose in 2013 when the county prosecutor dropped [[felony]] and misdemeanor charges against the first boy, who was related to an influential former state representative [[Rex Barnett]], despite the Sheriff's office reporting absolute confidence that the evidence they had gathered being sufficient for a prosecution, including the boy's confession recorded on video. The [[Nodaway County, Missouri|Nodaway County]] prosecutor dropped the felony sexual exploitation charge against the third boy.<ref name="autogenerated2"/><ref name="rape1">{{cite web |url=https://www.kansascity.com/2013/10/12/4549775/nightmare-in-maryville-teens-sexual.html#storylink=cpy |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131229152232/https://www.kansascity.com/2013/10/12/4549775/nightmare-in-maryville-teens-sexual.html |title=Nightmare in Maryville: Teens' sexual encounter ignites a firestorm against family |archive-date=December 29, 2013 |author=Dugan Arnett |date=October 12, 2013 |work=Kansas City Star |accessdate=November 20, 2022}}</ref><ref name="rape2">{{cite web|url=http://kcur.org/post/why-was-maryville-rape-case-dropped |title=Why Was The Maryville Rape Case Dropped? |website=KCUR |date=July 11, 2013 |access-date=July 7, 2016}}</ref>
 
<ref>{{Cite magazine|last1=Dickson|first1=E. J.|date=2020-08-05|title=Daisy Coleman of 'Audrie and Daisy' Dead by Suicide at 23|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/daisy-coleman-suicide-audrie-and-daisy-netflix-documentary-1040197/|access-date=2020-08-07|magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref>  Outrage in online communities soon followed when the story surrounding this case was revisited in October 2013. National news media described the situation as "horrifying"<ref>{{cite web |url=https://slate.com/human-interest/2013/10/maryville-rape-case-the-horrifying-details-of-what-happened-to-daisy-coleman-feel-all-too-familiar.html |title=Horrifying Maryville Rape Case Follows Familiar Pattern. Why Does This Keep Happening? |author=Emily Bazelon |date=Oct 14, 2013 |work=Slate |accessdate=November 20, 2022}}</ref> and "a nightmare".<ref name=rape2/> [[Michael Schaffer (journalist)|Michael Schaffer]], reporting on the incident for ''[[The New Republic]]'', described Maryville as a "lawless hellhole".<ref>{{cite magazine|author=Michael Schaffer|author-link=Michael Schaffer (journalist)|date=October 23, 2013|title=Maryville, Missouri Is a Lawless Hellhole|url=https://newrepublic.com/article/115315/maryville-rape-case-maryville-lawless-hellhole|access-date=July 20, 2014|magazine=The New Republic}}</ref><ref name = "rape3">[[David Von Drehle]]. [https://nation.time.com/2013/10/14/hackers-target-town-after-dropped-sexual-assault-case/ Hackers Target Town After Dropped Sexual-Assault Case], ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'', October 14, 2013</ref> In 2014, a [[special prosecutor]] was put in charge to reinvestigate the case. The first boy pleaded guilty to [[misdemeanor]] second-degree endangerment of the welfare of a child for leaving her outside her house, and was sentenced by Missouri Circuit Judge Glen Dietrich to four months in jail that were suspended in favor of two years [[probation]].<ref name="autogenerated2"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-maryville-rape-charges-20140109-story.html|title='The case is closed': No rape charges in Maryville, Mo., case|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=January 9, 2014|access-date=July 5, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Alleged Rapist of Daisy Coleman Gets 2 Years Probation|url=https://jezebel.com/alleged-rapist-of-daisy-coleman-gets-2-years-probation-1498010854|access-date=2020-08-07|website=Jezebel|date=January 9, 2014 }}</ref> The boy was sentenced in juvenile court for the assault.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ibtimes.com/who-matthew-barnett-7-facts-know-about-accused-maryville-rapist-1433070|title=Who Is Matthew Barnett? 7 Facts To Know About The Accused Maryville Rapist|last=Green|first=Treye|work=[[International Business Times]]|date=October 19, 2013}}</ref> The incident is featured in the 2016 [[Netflix]] documentary ''[[Audrie & Daisy]]''.

The victim, [[Daisy Coleman]], died by suicide on August 4, 2020. Coleman's mother, Melinda Coleman, died by suicide about four months later, on December 6.<ref>{{cite web | last=Gutierrez | first=Lisa | title=Daisy Coleman's mom grieved for 4 months. Then, like her daughter, she died by suicide | website=The Kansas City Star | date=7 December 2020 | url=https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article247669465.html | access-date=1 August 2023}}</ref>