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Jan 6, 2023 · Brenda and Scott Kniffen. From 1984 through 1986 at least 30 defendants were convicted of child sex abuse and related charges and sentenced to long prison terms in a series of inter-related cases in Kern County, California, and an additional 8 defendants accepted plea bargains that kept them out of prison. Over time, 20 of the defendants who ...
- Alvin McCuan
The earliest of these cases involved Alvin McCuan, his wife,...
- Deborah McCuan
The earliest of these cases involved Debbie McCuan and her...
- Alvin McCuan
In 1982, parents Brenda Kniffen (Virginia Madsen) and her husband Scott Kniffen (Jeffrey Nordling) are arrested due to false accusations of satanic ritual abuse, child molestation and other acts of illegal activity. Two years later, following a systematic trial, they are found guilty and both sentenced to 240 years in prison without parole.
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Apr 10, 2009 · Apr 10, 2009. Twenty-seven years ago this month, Brenda and Scott Kniffen, a homemaker and an inventory manager of a diesel shop, were arrested and charged with sexually abusing their two...
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"Brenda Kniffen was codefendant of husband Scott Kniffen, and Alvin McCuan and his wife Debbie McCuan. The four were found guilty by a jury of child abuse in 1983 and given centuries long sentences. The convictions of the four defendants were reversed in August 1996 and they were released on August 12, 1996 after 14 years of imprisonment.
Sep 10, 2001 · It’s based on the true story of Brenda and Scott Kniffen, who were wrongly accused and imprisoned for 12 years because they were falsely charged with molesting their two young sons.
Alvin McCuan looked around for a character witness and found one in his friend Scott Kniffen. Alvin McCuan had known Scott because he went to High School with the brother of Scott's wife Brenda. The Kniffens were an extremely close family. Scott worked as an inventory manager in a diesel shop.
In 1982, Alvin and Debbie McCuan's two daughters, coached by their step-grandmother Mary Ann Barbour, who had custody of them, alleged they had been abused by their parents, and accused them of being part of a "sex ring" that included Scott and Brenda Kniffen.
