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08-05-2025, 09:15 PM
Alabama is trying to bring back the death penalty for child rape after a particularly horrific case in Bibb County. The last person executed in the United States for a non homicidal rape was Ronald Wolfe for raping a little girl, also in Alabama
An Alabama man is accused of tying children up in an underground bunker and allowing men to pay roughly $200 to sexually abuse them.
Andres Velazques-Trejo, 29, William Chase McElroy, 21, and Dalton Terrell, also 21, are jailed in connection with the horrific sex abuse and human trafficking of at least six children between the ages of 3 and 10 for more than a year.
A fourth person, Timothy St. John, a 23-year-old Bibb County resident, was later arrested in Chilton County on charges of rape, sodomy, human trafficking, kidnapping, bestiality and cruelty to animals.
“He would tie one child to the bed, one child to a chair and one to one of the support poles,” Bibb County Assistant District Attorney Bryan Jones said of Velazques-Trejo.
“Then he would allow people to pay to have sex with the children,” Jones said. “It’s hard to fathom that someone can do this to a child.”
The sheriff also alleged the children were sometimes drugged “to make them a little bit more drowsy and a little bit more compliant.”
An animal shock collar was used to punish the children, according to complaints obtained by NBC affiliate WVTM of Birmingham.
Wade said the suspects include relatives of some of the 10 alleged victims, who range in age from 3 to 15.
https://www.wsfa.com/2025/07/31/alabama-lawmakers-push-death-penalty-eligibility-child-rape-cases/
Are you for or against the death penalty for child rapists?
An Alabama man is accused of tying children up in an underground bunker and allowing men to pay roughly $200 to sexually abuse them.
Andres Velazques-Trejo, 29, William Chase McElroy, 21, and Dalton Terrell, also 21, are jailed in connection with the horrific sex abuse and human trafficking of at least six children between the ages of 3 and 10 for more than a year.
A fourth person, Timothy St. John, a 23-year-old Bibb County resident, was later arrested in Chilton County on charges of rape, sodomy, human trafficking, kidnapping, bestiality and cruelty to animals.
“He would tie one child to the bed, one child to a chair and one to one of the support poles,” Bibb County Assistant District Attorney Bryan Jones said of Velazques-Trejo.
“Then he would allow people to pay to have sex with the children,” Jones said. “It’s hard to fathom that someone can do this to a child.”
The sheriff also alleged the children were sometimes drugged “to make them a little bit more drowsy and a little bit more compliant.”
An animal shock collar was used to punish the children, according to complaints obtained by NBC affiliate WVTM of Birmingham.
Wade said the suspects include relatives of some of the 10 alleged victims, who range in age from 3 to 15.
https://www.wsfa.com/2025/07/31/alabama-lawmakers-push-death-penalty-eligibility-child-rape-cases/
Are you for or against the death penalty for child rapists?