Gunman's relatives deny being sex abuse victims

Two relatives of the man who attacked Amish school girls said they were not sexually abused by him 20 years ago, as he had claimed in a phone call to his wife during the siege.

Two relatives of the man who attacked Amish school girls said they were not sexually abused by him 20 years ago, as he had claimed in a phone call to his wife during the siege.

Charles Carl Roberts IV revealed to his family in notes he left behind and in a mobile phone call from inside the West Nickel Mines Amish School in Pennsylvania that he was tormented by memories of his abusive past. He also spoke of having dreams about doing it again.

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