A Northwest Missouri circuit court judge appointed Jackson County prosecutor Jean Peters Baker on Monday to head up the new investigation the alleged Maryville rape case. At a news conference Monday afternoon, Baker addressed concerns that the alleged rapists have been given special treatment because of family political connections.

The parents of one of the accused Maryville rapists, Matthew Barnett, 19, are speaking out about the unfair pain and suffering endured by their son in light of the “one-sided” rape accusations.

After nearly a week of outcry over a rape case in Maryville, Mo., prosecutors have announced a plan to reopen the investigation—spurred on by a television appearance made by one of the victims.

While much of the attention surrounding the Maryville rape case has focused on Daisy Coleman, the second victim, Paige Parkhurst, has come forward to offer her story.

After news coverage of a rape case in the small town of Maryville, Mo., exploded last weekend, the town's sheriff—strongly condemned by the family of 14-year-old Daisy Coleman, who says she was raped by the town's star football player—has come forward to deny allegations of a mishandled case.

Missouri Lieutenant Governor Peter Kinder released a statement late Tuesday calling for a grand jury in the Daisy Coleman case. Kinder believes the “appalling facts in the public record shock the conscience and cry out that responsible authorities must take another look.”

Anonymous has joined the fray in the Maryville, Missouri, rape case, where 14-year-old Daisy Coleman alleged she was raped by a 17-year-old football player but charges were filed then dropped. They've launched #OpMaryville to bring attention to the case, and things look to be shaping up like the Steubenville story of last year.