Texas father & three Son have been arrested for repeatedly raping a 9 year old Boy
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Carl Laza, 59, and his son Kaleb Laza, 27, were both arrested Thursday and remain in the Anderson County Jail on $3 million bonds each. Carl Laza is charged with indecency with a child, while Kaleb Laza is charged with aggravated sexual assault of a child, according to jail and arrest records.
Documents obtained by CBS19 confirmed that Carl Laza is the father of former Houston County Deputy Skyler Laza, 34, and former Gladewater police officer Kenan Robert Laza, 29, who were both arrested last week on state and federal charges.
The child told police he had been sexually abused by all three Laza brothers and their father, Carl Laza, since the time he was about 9 years old, the arrest affidavit read.
Both Kenan and Skyler Laza are charged with sexual exploitation of a child (production of child pornography) in federal court. Skyler Laza faces a state charge of aggravated sexual assault of a child and Kenan Laza is charged with indecency with a child.
In an interview with police, the child victim described multiple instances in recent years when he was sexually abused by Kaleb Laza both in the presence of Skyler Laza and when the child was alone. The victim said the last time that Kaleb Laza assaulted him was summer this year, the arrest affidavit read.
While investigating Skyler Laza, a Dallas police detective found a chat thread between Skyler and Kaleb Laza showing them discuss sexually assaulting the child and trading child porn files of the victim. Numerous files were shared by Kaleb Laza in that chat thread.
The document states that Carl Laza committed a sexual act in front of the child victim at one point between January 2022 and December 2023.
Previously obtained federal court filings revealed that the investigation into the Lazas began when a detective received a cyber tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children received on Nov. 5. The tip reported a Dropbox with many videos meeting the definition of child pornoography.
