Woman Raped 200 times...

[WheelieMike]

This woman was raped 200 times over 13 months, and nobody knew?
I think there is something missing from this story...like some facts.

[betheny]

The link didn't work. I was curious why you think someone would automatically know?

[WheelieMike]

Let's try this...
Police: Pa. man terrorized, raped woman repeatedly over 13 months

GENARO C. ARMAS
The Associated Press
BELLEFONTE, Pa. - A man raped a woman nearly 200 times over a 13-month period at her home and his, threatening to cause her further harm if she ever told her husband or police, authorities said.
Roy Chamberlin, 29, would regularly sneak into the woman's house after her husband left for work, then rape her, police said.
Most of the alleged assaults took place at her home in the rural borough of Centre Hall, near State College, and occurred up to three or four times a week, sometimes twice a day, police said.
"She was terrified of Chamberlin," a police complaint said. "Chamberlin always told her to never tell (her husband) or to ever call the police."
Chamberlin threatened to cause the woman "bodily harm" if she ever spoke up, Trooper James Ellis said in an interview.
"He took advantage of the fact that she was not a very strong person," he said.
Fearing for her safety, the woman did not come forward and talk to police until after Chamberlin was charged in another crime and she knew he would be in jail, authorities said.
Chamberlin was unemployed and lived with his parents in Centre Hall. He was in jail in an unrelated case when police in December filed 1,100 counts against him in connection with the alleged sexual assaults, including 183 counts of rape.
Police said he first assaulted her in August 2006 while dating her sister, and that the alleged attacks did not end until September.
His court-appointed attorney, Charles Kroboth Jr., declined comment Wednesday.
Chamberlin was jailed on Oct. 1 on a charge of attempted murder and multiple counts of arson, accused of setting fire to a mobile home on two occasions after arguing with the trailer's occupants. Police found him at the woman's nearby home while investigating the second fire.
Assistant District Attorney Lance Marshall told the Centre Daily Times she was afraid to come forward until Chamberlin was in jail, "so she didn't tell anyone."
When she finally did talk with police, she said one alleged assault occurred just nine days after she had undergone surgery. She went to the emergency room and was treated for a bruised chest.
The woman's husband told police he saw bruises on his wife about two dozen times and arrived home early one day in June to find her yelling at Chamberlin with the door locked.
Confronted by her husband, the woman declined to discuss the encounter, and her husband said he dropped the issue because of his wife's ailing health, police said.
The husband said he also confronted his wife after an encounter at Chamberlin's house, but the woman again declined to talk about it.

[WheelieMike]

Why didn't the husband push the subject of the bruised chest and/or yelling at Roy?

[cvelusc]

Link fixed: http://www.philly.com/philly/wires/a...r13months.html

[kap]

Husband saw bruises two dozen times in a 13 month period yet he wouldn't push the issue? I think its sad that she was that scared and that the husband didn't catch on.

Story sounds strange but I've heard stranger.

[Foolish Old]

Let's assume that this went down just as reported.

Does anybody recall our recent discussion on capitol punishment? This story pretty well articulates my view. It is the duty of the state to punish the criminal. It is the burden of the husband, other family member, or friend to extract revenge.

Someone put forth the opinion that all criminals should be rehabilitated and allowed a chance at redemption. I have looked into the eyes of enough sociopaths to know that- in rare instances- that ain't gonna happen. Still, I do not support the state taking lives. Nor do I think that a husband should allow his wife to be subject to the threat of further inhuman treatment from a monster. God forgive my heart when it knows no mercy.

[Juke_spin]

Little problem with your reasoning Foolish. A criminal isn't necessarily a sociopath and a sociopath may not be a criminal. As for the rest, I don't feel the story bares commentary from these boards, but please, feel free.

[Foolish Old]

Originally Posted by Juke_spin

Little problem with your reasoning Foolish. A criminal isn't necessarily a sociopath and a sociopath may not be a criminal. As for the rest, I don't feel the story bares commentary from these boards, but please, feel free.

Juke,

If you read into my comment that I believe that all criminals are sociopaths or that all sociopaths are criminals, that was not my intent nor is it my belief. Please note the use of the words "in rare instances". I do believe that there exists a strong possibility that someone who could terrorize another human for more than a year is likely to be incapable of remorse or human empathy. Arson is another strong indicator of serious psychological pathology.

My comment was not specifically about the reported incident, since a jury or judge has the responsibility to determine the facts of that matter. I was speaking in a more general way about capital punishment and the distinction between punishment and revenge.

[Herco16]

Originally Posted by WheelieMike

Why didn't the husband push the subject of the bruised chest and/or yelling at Roy?

The world isn't full of intelligent people. I'm certainly not blaming the victim or her husband here, but they may have a diminished mental capacity. The threat of violence might have been extreme as well.

Dave