BARBOUR COUNTY, W.Va. — A man in Barbour County is in custody and charged with sexually abusing a young girl over a five-year period near her home.
Roscoe Keener, 76, apparently confessed to West Virginia State Police the abuse continued for five years.
The girl told police that Keener assaulted her in an outbuilding that Keener lived in that was on the same property where she lived.
Court documents elaborate that the outbuilding was located directly behind the girl’s residence, according to reporting from WDTV.
Keener is charged with five counts of sexual abuse by a parent, guardian or custodian and five counts of first-degree sexual assault.