A Heron man who authorities say claimed he was God has been charged with a string of sex offenses after a family member recounted being abused and held in virtual isolation from society for years.
James D. Guill, 54, faces charges alleging six sex offenses. His common-law wife, Nicole Christensen Guill, 36, also is charged with four sex offenses. Both are being held on $1 million bail pending appearances in District Court later this week. They initially declined public defenders at a court hearing last week. It was not clear Tuesday whether they had hired private attorneys.
Sanders County Attorney Bob Zimmerman said more charges against the two are likely.
The two were arrested after the victim, now 22, told authorities she had escaped from the family property, where she claimed to have been sexually abused by Guill since the age of 6, court records said.
The sickness that is out there in some people just astounds me. Some how these people felt it was "right" to hold this young girl captive and abuse her for 16 years. That takes a sickness I am not ready to try to contemplate. As you see I do have a solution for this sickness.The way people treat each other sometimes really makes me wonder about the human race. Then to do such despicable acts and bring the concept of God into it really hurts
Now, this sickness and this death and all these things that happen here on earth are not necessary. It's totally out of harmony, coordination precision and discipline. Sun Ra
