Left to right: Codie Wilder, Billy Bresee and Holly Brewer (Newton County Jail).
Police in Missouri arrested three people who allegedly subjected as many as seven children to sexual and physical abuse and neglect, records show. In addition to the sexual abuse, some of the children were forced to sit inside dog cages and beaten with wooden spoons, according to a probable cause affidavit.
Codie Lee Wilder, 25, is facing charges of child molestation, sodomy and statutory rape. Billy Bresee, 42, is facing one count of abuse or neglect of a child while Holly Brewer, 49, faces three counts of the same charge.
