Kansas son, family forgive father's unspeakable crime
January 29, 2017
ARLINGTON, Kan. (AP) — Grant Bontrager's birthday is a day he always ponders his existence.
Days before he turned 25 this month, he sat with family members, including his grandparents' Eldon and Mary Ellen Bontrager in their Arlington home. Eldon pointed out the window to the big farmhouse next door where representatives from Winfield State Hospital came calling back in November of 1991.
They wanted to tell them the unbelievable news that their daughter, who had severe cerebral palsy and described by professionals as "functioning at age 3 months," had been raped and was six months pregnant. A...
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