The story of a horrifying inbred family has unfolded, where the parents of 14 children are related to each other. More than a family, this is an incestuous cult.
The family’s inbreeding habits were revealed during the two-day trial of Frank Colt (a pseudonym).
Frank was arrested for rape in 2018 and found guilty of sexually assaulting his niece (who is also his sister).
The sister/niece, who goes by the fake name Petra Colt, came to officials to report Frank, who had taken advantage of her in the back seat of his car during a visit to their family farm in New South Wales.
She also revealed that she was living in a cult where “all my aunts, uncles and cousins have been sleeping together.”
She also said she had never been to school and was physically abused by various family members.
She later withdrew her claims but spoke to officials several times, citing rape incidents. Her statements gave them enough evidence to put Frank in jail. He was found guilty on May 10 and is in custody as he awaits sentencing.
His brother Charlie and nephew Cliff are facing allegations of sexual assault as well.
The family lives in a complicated web. Petra is the daughter of Frank Colt’s father, Tim, and his sister Betty. Therefore, both Petra and her alleged rapist Frank, share the same father.
Tim, the family patriarch who died in 2009, fathered seven children with his wife June, who was also his sister.
He also fathered 12 children with his daughter Betty and had five children with his eldest daughter Rhonda.
Tim’s youngest daughter had children with her brother Charlie.
At one time, four generations of the family were living together in a bush camp made of an uninsulated shed, old caravans, and tents. 11 of the 12 children living there were found to be the product of parents that were closely related to each other.
Most of the kids were malnourished and living in tents without running water, toilets, and electricity. Some could not speak intelligible English.
One child died when she was just two months old.
All the women in the family are denying a familial connection and dispute genetic evidence of the paternity of the children in question.
The family managed to keep their cult going for so long by moving from state to state. They were finally caught by local authorities who realized the children were not attending school.
