The older sister of Mikaela Haynes, who committed suicide at 14 years old, has sued her stepfather for sexual abuse.
Melissa Hogg, now 24 years old, claims Charles Haynes sexually abused her when she was a minor.
"Defendant was a 50+-year-old adult male who, after physically and mentally manipulating Plaintiff, began sexually assaulting her," the complaint states. "The pattern of sexual assault included touching of Plaintiff’s breasts, anus, vagina, penetration, oral sex, and deviant sexual conduct."
Hogg’s teenage half-sister committed suicide on Nov. 24, 2018, out of fear of being placed in Haynes’ custody because he was allegedly sexually abusing her.
Haynes was Hogg’s stepfather and Mikaela Haynes’ father.
“He’s a horrible man,” said Larry Mass, Hogg’s former attorney.
As previously reported in the St. Louis Record, Haynes is now serving a seven-year sentence in the Farmington Correctional Facility.
“He's supposed to get out August 10 of this year, and I've had to flee to hide with my children,” said Hogg’s mother and Haynes’ ex-wife Cynthia Randolph.
Haynes is represented by attorney Ramona Gau, who did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
“Melissa has written many letters to authorities, pleading not to release this very dangerous man who is a danger to the community and to her and his other victims,” Randolph told the St. Louis Record.
Randolph, whose divorce from Haynes was finalized last year, named her ex-husband as a defendant in a separate lawsuit against Jennifer Williams who had been her teen daughter’s guardian ad litem when she killed herself.
“I am heartbroken,” Randolph said. “Even now, after four years since Mikaela's death, I try not to cry about it, but it's so hard.”
Randolph sued Williams on Nov. 12 in the U.S. District Court Eastern District of Missouri alleging violations of R.S. Mo. §452.423.3 and R.S. Mo. §210.115, which reportedly required Williams to investigate and report safety concerns.
Randolph accuses Williams of failing to inform the Department of Family Services, law enforcement, and the court about allegations that Haynes was sexually abusing the now-deceased teen.
"When they stole my girls from me for 4 years and put them in foster care after foster care, I had lots of time to study, to try and figure out how in the world my kids could be stolen from me when I knew I was a good mother," Randolph added. "I am sickened to find out what I have learned about what I had previously thought was a free country."