Dennis Purdy

CAMDEN COUNTY, Mo. — Accused child molester Dennis Purdy continued to violently abuse a young girl while he was bonded out of jail, according to authorities.

The probable cause statement for Purdy’s June 14, 2017 arrest depicts a string of sexual abuses beginning when the victim was eight years old. The alleged abuse began years before Purdy was charged with sexually abusing a teenage employee at the Camdenton Dairy Queen he owned. (Purdy no longer owns the restaurant.) But on June 12, 2013, he was arrested and charged with statutory sodomy and sexual abuse. His bond was set at $5,000 cash, $15,000 surety.

He bonded out of jail five days later and, according to court documents, the abuse continued.

The victim told a Kids Harbor counselor that the last incident of abuse occurred in March of 2016. Her journal depicted several of the abuses, according to police, as well as several drawings. Among them: a "small person asking for help," a "small female child curling up while sitting as hands are trying to touch/grab her," and "multiple drawings depicting people being hung by their necks."

Police say medication used to treat erectile dysfunction, sex toys, and other items found in the house aligned with the victim’s account of the countless abuses.

Purdy is now being held on 10 counts of abuse, without bond. He is charged with 8 counts of 2nd Degree Statutory Sodomy (Class C Felony), 1 count of 1st Degree Child Molestation (Class B Felony), and 1 count of 1st Degree Sodomy/Attempted Sodomy (Unclassified Felony).

Judge Aaron Koeppen has been assigned to the case.

Purdy is headed to trial in August for the earlier sex abuse charges.

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