Posted on 6/24/2004, 6:21:13 PM by missyme
SILVER SPRINGS, Nevada (AP) -- Authorities are investigating whether a man sexually abused his three daughters after he shot his estranged wife in the face and kidnapped the teenagers at gunpoint.
One of the teens fatally shot Walter N. Ball Wednesday night as he slept in his car, about 30 miles east of Carson City, police said. He apparently had been drinking heavily.
Ball's daughters, ages 13, 16 and 19, led officers to the body, Lyon County Sheriff's Capt. Jeff Page said. He declined to reveal which of them fired the fatal shot.
"These girls were scared to death. They believed they were going to die," he said, adding that no charges were pending against them.
The teens' mother, Cindy Ball, called police early Wednesday to say she had been shot and her children kidnapped by Ball, who was out on bail for charges of sexual assault and incest.
Ball had handcuffed a teenage son and another daughter before forcing the three other daughters at gunpoint to disrobe and leave with him, Page said.
"This is simply the most evil thing I've ever heard of in my career," he said.
The 43-year-old Ball had been released on bail last week on felony charges of sexual assault, incest and assault with a deadly weapon.
He had been served with a temporary protective order June 1, brought against him by one of his daughters, the Nevada Appeal reported. In the order, the teen said her father had held a gun to her head and pulled the trigger after sexually assaulting her. The weapon was apparently empty at the time.
The teens were taken to a Reno hospital with unspecified injuries Wednesday. Cindy Ball underwent surgery and was listed in stable condition at the hospital.
The newspaper also reported that before Ball shot his wife and abducted his daughters, he went to the home of family friend Norma Clemensen and beat the sleeping woman.
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Yep, I agree that's evil alright but the most evil thing loose on this world right now is the continued murder of innocents that's called abortion.
That's one sick nut. Good riddance.
One of those daughters did the right thing.
Sounds like he got his just desserts.
Put this in the "He-Had-It-Coming" file.
Yes it sure does sound like one of them did the right thing. I pray that they can all recover from their father's abuses and lead happy lives.
Homicide, in the public interest.
You GO! girl!
I hope she gets over it. She did the right thing.
Whoever let this... thing out on bail needs the same treatment:
The 43-year-old Ball had been released on bail last week on felony charges of sexual assault, incest and assault with a deadly weapon.
Who is the idiot judge who let this monster out on bail?
He was just trying to prove his innocence. </sarcasm>
What kind of judge would set bail for this slime-ball????......liberal dem I bet.........
Heavenly Father, thank You so much for delivering these girls and their mother alive and with lives ahead of them. Almighty God, Who can do anything; I pray that You pour Your love and grace on this poor family and help to heal them and let them know Your Glory and that You are God.
In Your Son, and our Savior, Jesus' name I beg you to hear my prayer.
Ball was arrested last month for sexual assault, incest, and battery with a deadly weapon. His bail was set at $250,000 dollars, but he made bail after a judge reduced it to $100,000 and was released from jail last week. no mention as to why bail was reduced.
A medical fund has been set up to support the Ball family. You can visit any Bank of America in northern Nevada to make a donation.
I hope we get more information on why this monster was let out on bail. Thank God no one died but him!
There's no excuse for his release. If the laws of NV allow this kind of thing, they should change the law pronto!
I wonder what Sarah Brady's take is on this teen-with-a-gun story?
A judge felt his pain, of course.
". . . he went to the home of family friend Norma Clemensen and beat the sleeping woman."
Betcha anything that he beat her because she had tried to help the girls and mother in some way. Total evil.
Cindy Ball, who had a bullet lodged behind her cheek as a result of the shooting, was scheduled to have surgery Wednesday night and was being treated in the intensive care unit at Washoe Medical Center. Her three daughters also were being treated there with injuries they received after their father struck them with a crowbar, Veil said.
Charge them? They ought to get a ticker tape parade for saving us taxpayers the cost of trying, convicting, and incarcerating this sub-human.
My prayers are with these girls. On top of everything else, their mother was shot in the face. Good Lord.
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