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Teen Bride’s Past Sheds Light on Abuse Case | Annapolis News
A shocking child abuse case in Vinton County, Ohio, centers on a 15-year-old bride from 2008 who married an 18-year-old in West Virginia — a marriage legally sanctioned under then-outdated laws that allowed minors to wed with parental consent alone. Two months later, her first child was born. Now, four people face charges in the abuse case, while lawyers argue the judge should’ve probed deeper into the teen’s situation. West Virginia later tightened rules — raising the minimum age to 16, adding court approval, and capping the age gap at four years — but the damage is already done…
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