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Prosecutors have charged a Bountiful couple with raping their daughter.
In 2007, the couple engaged in sex acts with their daughter when she was 11 and 12 years old, charging documents state. The couple, whom The Salt Lake Tribune is not naming in order to protect their daughter's identity, engaged in sex acts with the child in front of each other and together, the documents state.
The information came to light during the child's therapy session, said Lt. Randy Pickett of the Bountiful Police Department. Pickett did not know why the girl was in therapy. The girl, along with a younger sister and brother, have been placed in state custody, Pickett said.
The father is facing first-degree felony charges of rape of a child and sodomy upon a child, and a third-degree felony charge of dealing in harmful material to a minor.
The mother is facing first-degree felony charges of object rape of a child and sodomy upon a child and a third-degree felony charge of dealing in harmful materials to a minor.
Both are being held in the Davis County Jail and made their first court appearances Friday afternoon in Farmington.