Shawn Barth had been dating a woman who had a 13 year old girl. Somehow, after the break up, for reasons unknown at this time, it appears that the girl (with the mothers knowledge) began residing with Barth in May. After moving around California for a while, the two took up residence in Moorpark. Barth had been sending the young girl to school, which lead to the school investigating the situation.
Authorities began investigating Barth after the Moorpark school district asked for a routine transfer of the girl's records from her old school in San Bernardino County.
Yucaipa school officials said there had been previous molestation allegations against Barth. Moorpark school officials became suspicious and reported the girl to police.
As it turns out, despite allowing the 13 year old to go to school, Barth kept her secluded the rest of the time, in a motor home about a mile off a road. Police say that Barth had been sexually abusing the girl on a daily basis.
"She was a psychological prisoner," Buschow said.
Barth was charged in Ventura County Superior Court with a felony count each of child rape, continuous sexual abuse and oral copulation on a child.
The girl was taken into protective custody last week and her name has not been released.
She was the daughter of a woman Barth had dated in San Bernardino County, Buschow said. The mother is a witness in the case and is cooperating with police.
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