Uh, dismissed? Maybe it's the DA that needs to be looked at.
Charges amended in foster father rape case
Mortensen was accused of repeatedly raping a 15-year-old foster daughter between March 1 and May 30, 2003. The girl was placed in Mortensen's home in 2002 after her adoptive family encountered some problems, according to police records.
He also was accused of threatening the girl with a gun.
Police believed Mortensen used his membership in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to influence the girl. He allegedly told her intercourse was allowed because he was mistakenly listed as her spouse on her baptism certificate, according to police records.
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While DNA evidence retrieved from semen found in the victim's underwear indicated the perpetrator was Mortensen, it did not point to him conclusively, making the victim's testimony even more vital to the case, Kuykendall said.
"At the time it was coming up for trial there were some issues, personal and private issues with the victim," former prosecutor Lisa Kuykendall said. "The parents and I met and talked extensively and felt like it would be more detrimental to try to force her to testify."
Kuykendall no longer works in San Juan County.