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Mother who used Facebook to catch the brute who raped her at 13

Melina Thomas, 42, was raped at age 13 by Orville Vaughan
Three decades later she found courage to report it to the police
They said she didn't have enough evidence to charge perpetrator
She then used Facebook to gather information on rapist
Vaughan, 53, was arrested and sentenced to 17 years in jail

Melinda decided to take matters into her own hands and her endeavours yielded a remarkable success.
Two strangers who saw the post contacted her to say they, too, had been raped. After providing details it transpired their attacker was the same man. Their accounts gave police the evidence they needed to arrest Orville Vaughan, 53, who was convicted last summer.
This June, two more of his victims emerged. Melinda has bravely waived her anonymity in a bid to persuade any further victims to come forward.


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