Oklahoma Dad Abducted Stepdaughter, Fathered Her 9 Kids: Feds

MUSKOGEE, OK — Henri Michelle Piette, the Oklahoma man accused of abducting his stepdaughter in the mid-1990s, holding her against her will for nearly two decades and fathering her nine kids, has been charged with kidnapping. A federal grand jury handed up an indictment agains Piette, 63, on Wednesday in Muskogee.

Authorities said Piette kidnapped Rosalynn Michelle McGinnis in 1995 or 1996 and traveled with plans to have sex with her. Authorities said he held her captive for 19 years in Mexico and elsewhere. Piette first sexually assaulted McGinnis at an eastern Oklahoma home when she was 11 or 12, an FBI agent said in an affidavit.

McGinnis, now 33, escaped Piette last year in Mexico, where they were living, and she went to the U.S. embassy.

The Associated Press generally doesn't identify sexual abuse victims, but McGinnis has discussed her case publicly.

By The Associated Press

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