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Wednesday 18 OctOber 2017

Michigan judge rescinds order in sex offender custody case

By COREY WILLIAMS Tuesday’s order. “The ques- Kiessling, challenged the
Associated Press tion that everyone is ask- ruling on Oct. 6, and Ross
DETROIT (AP) — A Michi- ing is, ‘How could a judge put his order on hold days
gan judge on Tuesday do such a thing?’ The an- later after learning about
rescinded his order that swer is that this judge was Mirasolo’s criminal history.
gave a convicted sex of- not aware, did not have He then scheduled Tues-
fender joint legal custody knowledge of the fact that day’s hearing.
of a child born to a woman the defendant raped the In his new order, Ross said
who said the man raped plaintiff, and the child was he believed the mother
her when she was 12. born as a result.” and Mirasolo consented to
Sanilac County Judge The case started when the the joint legal custody ar-
Gregory Ross stressed that 21-year-old mother sought rangement and parenting
he was unaware of Christo- state assistance for her time based on a judgment
pher Mirasolo’s two previ- 8-year-old son. As a con- submitted to him by the
ous criminal sexual conduct dition of receiving such county prosecutor’s office.
convictions — including assistance, the Michigan “I do rely on what is pre-
one concerning the boy’s Department of Health and sented to me by the Sani-
mother — when he issued Human Services required Christopher Mirasolo is seen in an undated file photo provided lac County prosecutor,”
original ruling last month. the mother to cooperate by the Michigan Department of Corrections. Ross wrote. “If a mistake is
The new order grants Mira- with pursuing paternity and (Michigan DOC via Detroit News, AP) made, whether it is mine or
solo no parental rights. support for the child, ac- rights or custody, Mirasolo guilty to attempted crimi- someone else’s, I will cor-
“I did not know that the cording to prosecutors. was granted joint legal cus- nal sexual conduct in the rect it and make it right.”
defendant had raped the A DNA test confirmed Mir- tody and ordered to pay woman’s 2008 case, ac- Despite the reversal, the
plaintiff, which resulted asolo, 27, was the boy’s child support, while the cording to the woman’s at- boy’s mother was not
in the child being con- biological father. Although mother was granted sole torney. Mirasolo also spent pleased. She said Ross
ceived,” Ross wrote in he never sought parental physical custody. time in prison for a 2010 seemed insincere.
In Michigan, joint legal cus- criminal sexual conduct “The judge and the prose-
tody enables both parents conviction, according to cutor need to go,” she said
to share decision-making Michigan Department of outside court.
authority about a child’s Corrections records. The Associated Press isn’t
welfare. Ross issued his original rul- naming the woman be-
Mirasolo spent six and half ing on Sept. 22. The moth- cause she was the victim of
months in jail after pleading er’s attorney, Rebecca sexual assault.q

Nebraska:
Murder charge filed in missing student case

By MARGERY A. BECK southeast Nebraska cam- all questions to the state at-
Associated Press pus. Authorities say Keadle, torney general’s office.
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Ne- a fellow student, told them Keadle is currently serving
braska’s top prosecutor he and Thomas had sex in 15 to 20 years for the 2008
has announced a murder his vehicle that night, and rape of a 15-year-old Fre-
charge in the case of a Keadle later told investiga- mont girl.
missing Peru State College tors Thomas threatened to A jury found him liable in a
student who disappeared report he had raped her. wrongful death lawsuit filed
nearly seven years ago. The state issued a death by Thomas’ and ordered
The Nebraska Attorney certificate for Thomas in him to pay $2.6 billion.
General’s office said Tues- 2013. It’s unlikely Thomas’ fam-
day in a news release that The attorney general’s ily will ever collect on the
Joshua Keadle, 36, has office declined to com- award, because Keadle
been charged in Nemaha ment on whether Thomas’ doesn’t have the assets to
County with first-degree remains or any new evi- pay it.
murder, accused of killing dence had been found, A court dismissed the col-
Tyler “Ty” Thomas. and no supporting court lege from the lawsuit, which
Thomas was a 19-year-old documents outlining the accused the school of fail-
freshman when she disap- state’s case appeared in ing to protect Thomas from
peared in the early morning online court records Tues- harm, and the Nebraska
hours of Dec. 3, 2010, after day. The Nemaha County Supreme Court upheld that
leaving a party near the Attorney’s office referred ruling earlier this year. q