MISSOURI
The Kansas City Star
By DONALD BRADLEY and JUDY THOMAS
The Kansas City Star
In the end, maybe the story of the Mohler family was just too much.
Too much to believe or too much to prove.
On Wednesday afternoon, the Lafayette County prosecutor dropped all charges in the incest case that more than two years ago shocked the world with bizarre stories of barnyard “weddings” of children to older relatives, rape, sodomy and secrets buried in fruit jars.
Those who had faced dozens of counts of sexual abuse were family patriarch Burrell Mohler Sr., then 79, of Independence, a sometimes preacher, and his four adult sons, Burrell Jr., David, Jared and Roland.
All were scheduled for trials later this year, including a June 4 date in Clay County for David Mohler.
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