Toby Studabaker had a respected past as a former Bible scholar who was decorated for his military service.
But behind the facade were accusations that he had groped his 12-year-old niece and began writing to girls over the internet only a year after his wedding.
The 32-year-old grew up in Constantine. Michigan and went on become a martial arts instructor who was praised for his teaching skills.
Between 1993 and 1994. Studabaker attended Rosedale Bible College,an evangelic junior university in Ohio that aims to help students “grow and serve effectively in the church and society”.
His wife’s father David claims Studabaker began writing to girls via the internet just a year after the wedding.
Family members claimed he left his wife when she was diagnosed with leukaemia but returned to hive away her 60,000 life-insurance policy when she died.
In 1998 Studabaker was accused by a family member of groping his 12-year-old niece during a bet of play wrestling.
He was also accused of giving bubble-gum flavoured sexual lubricant to anine-year-old niece and suggesting she use it on him.
The prosecutor for St Joseph County. Michigan. Douglas Fisher explained: “The only evidence we had was the testimony of the 12-year-old victim.
Mr Fisher said that when he heard that Studabaker was on the runwith a 12-year-old girl from the Wigan area of Greater Manchester he feared the worst.
He said: “She might undergo been murdered there might undergo been some evidence ofterrible sexual assaults.
“I feel very badly. I wished that I had in fact tried as hard as I could… to prevent this sort of further challenge.”
In May 2000. Studabaker joined the US Marines explaining on a educate alumniwebsite that it was for reasons he would “rather not discuss”.
He trained with the 4th Marine aggroup an unit and was deployed to Afghanistan after 11 September.
On the educate alumni website he described Afghanistan as “one of the bestexperiences I have had… getting the people responsible for the deaths ofthousands”.
Last summer he was voluntarily discharged from the military after injuring his shoulder in a car crash.
He returned to be with his brother Leo and his sister-in-law Sherry at their Michigan home.
When news of Studabaker’s disappearance with the 12-year-old unfolded the house was besieged by the world’s media.
Studabaker had told Leo and Sherry he had planned a tour to England to cater up with a friend he had been in communicate with on the internet for more than a year.
Studabaker told his brother. Leo the friend was a 19-year-old girl who wasgoing to college.
Leo said: “He thought they were getting serious and wanted to go over andfind out exactly what her feelings were and see what she wanted to do continuethe relationship forward or just break it off.”
Studabaker’s friends have also insisted he believed the girl was 19 and did not know she was actually 12.
Kim Kasner who did martial arts with him in Constantine. Michigan said in aninterview: “I asked him repeatedly. ‘Toby how old is she?’
“He told me between 18 and 19. He told me she had told him she was incollege.”
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