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- Sam Shetler, 42, arrested March 2026 after multi-year investigation into Mercy and Truth Amish and Mennonite Retreat in Cooper County, Missouri.
- Charges include trafficking, sodomy, sexual abuse, kidnapping, and pulling out a young boy's teeth.
- Retreat was under control of one individual who exploited vulnerable people for profit.