Indictment: Couple used teen girl in sex trade

A man and woman have been indicted in Missouri on charges that they trained the woman's now-teenage daughter to be a dominatrix, sold her sexual services and then photographed some of the sexual acts.

Indicted were Todd B. Barkau, 35, of New York state and the girl's 44-year-old mother. Her identity is being kept secret because identifying her would reveal the identity of the child who is a victim of sexual abuse.

The federal indictment, which was unsealed Monday in Kansas City, Mo., says that Barkau began training the girl when she was 12 years old, including making her watch pornography online as a teaching tool.

-- Lance Murray

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I just want to say that these people deserve to be behind bars for life or get the death penalty for using their innocent children this way. They disgust me and there is nothing worse than a supposed parent hurting one of their own.