Two brothers have been charged with sexually assaulting two underage females while they lived at an Amish residence in rural Hamilton, located within Daviess County, according to a probable cause statement filed by Kimberly A. Grebner, an investigator with the Missouri State Technical Assistance Team.
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Daviess County warrants for the arrests of Enos and Alfred Yoder were issued on Jan. 18, with bond set at $85,000. On Jan. 28, both were taken into custody. Enos was arrested in Morgan County, MO, where he was attending a residential treatment program. Alfred was incarcerated in the Monroe County, IA, jail.
Enos Ray Yoder, 21, has been charged with statutory rape in the first degree-sexual intercourse with a person less than 14 years old; rape in the second degree; two counts of incest; two counts of sexual misconduct involving a child under 15; child molestation in the first degree; and sodomy in the second degree.
Alfred N. Yoder, 18, has been charged with statutory rape or attempted statutory rape in the first degree of a person less than 14 years of age; child molestation in the third degree of a child less than 14 years of age; two counts of sexual misconduct involving a child under 15; two counts of incest; and rape in the second degree.
Grebner conducted a forensic interview on Nov. 1, 2018, and a follow-up interview on Dec. 20, 2018, in which anatomical drawings were used for confirmation. She interviewed a 16-year-old female and a 14-year-old female.
Grebner’s report states that the incidents involving Enos occurred between Nov. 28, 2014, and March 31, 2018, at a rural Hamilton residence. The incidents involving Alfred occurred between Feb. 13, 2017, and Sept. 18, 2017, at the same location. The Yoders resided in Daviess County from April 2014 until May 2018.
During the interview on Dec. 20, 2018, and after having been advised of his Miranda Rights, Enos Yoder admitted to multiple incidents of sexual exposure with both victims. He stated the incidents of sexual contact happened in various bedrooms within their residence as well as in the woods surrounding the residence and in their barn or shed on the same property. Enos Yoder resides at Bloomfield, Iowa.
Alfred Yoder resides in Albia, IA, and has an active warrant in Kirksville for failure to appear on the original charge of minor in possession of alcohol. Alfred left the Amish community sometime in September 2017.