--- title: 4 Men Accused of Raping a 9-Year-Old While Mother Did Meth description: The crime occurred on Easter weekend canonical: https://time.com/4281621/meth-mother-girl-rape/ author: Sarah Begley article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-04-05T00:00:34.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T05:00:10.437Z article:section: U.S. og:title: 4 Men Accused of Raping 9-Year-Old Girl While Mother Smoked Meth og:description: The crime occurred on Easter weekend og:url: https://time.com/4281621/meth-mother-girl-rape/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: 4 Men Accused of Raping 9-Year-Old Girl While Mother Smoked Meth twitter:description: The crime occurred on Easter weekend twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # 4 Men Accused of Raping a 9-Year-Old Girl While Mother Smoked Meth by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Apr 5, 2016 12:00 AM CUT by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Apr 5, 2016 12:00 AM CUT Four men in Utah have been arrested for the [rape and sodomy of a 9-year-old girl](http://kutv.com/news/local/four-uintah-county-men-accused-of-raping-9-year-old-girl-while-mother-was-high-on-meth "undefined"). The girl and her mother were visiting friends for Easter weekend when the crime occurred, officials said. The mother reportedly went to the garage for half an hour to smoke meth, leaving her sleeping daughter on a couch. When she returned, the girl was visibly upset and had her dress “pulled up past her waist,” local CBS affiliate KUTV reports.  From left: Josiah RonDeau, Larson RonDeau, Randall Flatlip, Jerry Flatlip are seen in a combination of undated pictures released by the Uintah County Sheriff's Department in Utah. The four men were arrested on March 29, March 31 and April 1 and charged with rape and sodomy on a child, police said. Uintah County Sheriff's Department/Reuters Larson RonDeau, 36, Josiah RonDeau, 20, Jerry Flatlip, 29, and Randall Flatlip, 26, have all been charged with first degree felony rape and first degree felony sodomy on a child. The girl is in state custody, and it is not yet clear whether her mother will face any charges. \[[KUTV](http://kutv.com/news/local/four-uintah-county-men-accused-of-raping-9-year-old-girl-while-mother-was-high-on-meth "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4281621/meth-mother-girl-rape/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4281621/meth-mother-girl-rape/"},"headline":"4 Men Accused of Raping a 9-Year-Old Girl While Mother Smoked Meth","datePublished":"2016-04-05T00:00:34.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:00:10.437Z","description":"The crime occurred on Easter weekend","url":"https://time.com/4281621/meth-mother-girl-rape/","keywords":["Crime"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sarah Begley","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4281621/meth-mother-girl-rape/","name":"4 Men Accused of Raping a 9-Year-Old Girl While Mother Smoked Meth"}}]}] ```