The Duggar Sisters Were Harmed. The Church Elders Decided That Was Sufficient.

Jim Bob Duggar knew his son had been harming his daughters since March 2002. He did not call police. He called church elders. What followed was a series of choices — each one designed to keep it inside the family and the church.

In Part 3 of this five-part series from Hidden Killers and True Crime Today, Tony Brueski examines every decision in the full coverup timeline. The IBLP labor facility that substituted for licensed treatment. The personal connection with law enforcement that ensured the statute of limitations would expire before formal charges could ever be filed. The officer Jim Bob chose gave Josh a stern talk in 2003, filed nothing, and reported nothing as required by Arkansas law. That officer was later convicted on serious criminal charges and is currently serving fifty-six years.

According to testimony given under oath at a federal pre-trial hearing, the youngest person Josh harmed was five years old.

Josh was never charged for the 2002 and 2003 conduct — including what was done to four of his own sisters. The statute of limitations held. The police report was ordered destroyed. And at a 2021 federal pre-trial hearing, Jim Bob testified under oath that he could not remember. Federal Judge Timothy Brooks called that testimony not credible — in writing, on the public record.

This is Part 3 of 5.

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