{"id":50370,"date":"2020-01-15T13:13:44","date_gmt":"2020-01-15T21:13:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theaegisalliance.com\/?p=50370"},"modified":"2026-08-27T16:27:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T23:27:14","slug":"no-one-would-believe-her-14-year-old-girl-installs-cameras-prove-abuse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theaegisalliance.com\/fr\/2020\/01\/15\/personne-ne-croirait-que-sa-fille-de-14-ans-installe-des-cameras-prouver-des-abus\/","title":{"rendered":"A 14-Year-Old Installed Cameras to Prove the Abuse. Florida Later Gave Custody Back to the Father She Filmed"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\">\n<div  style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto;\"  id=\"_ytid_69593\"  width=\"480\" height=\"270\"  data-origwidth=\"480\" data-origheight=\"270\" data-facadesrc=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dNr9zyk_DOg?enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/theaegisalliance.com&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;rel=0&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__ epyt-facade epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" data-epautoplay=\"1\" ><img decoding=\"async\" data-spai-excluded=\"true\" class=\"epyt-facade-poster skip-lazy\" loading=\"lazy\"  alt=\"[GRAPHIC] 14-Year-Old Girl Records Father&#039;s Abuse After No One Believed Her (2)\"  src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/dNr9zyk_DOg\/maxresdefault.jpg\"  \/><button class=\"epyt-facade-play\" aria-label=\"Play\"><svg data-no-lazy=\"1\" height=\"100%\" version=\"1.1\" viewBox=\"0 0 68 48\" width=\"100%\"><path class=\"ytp-large-play-button-bg\" d=\"M66.52,7.74c-0.78-2.93-2.49-5.41-5.42-6.19C55.79,.13,34,0,34,0S12.21,.13,6.9,1.55 C3.97,2.33,2.27,4.81,1.48,7.74C0.06,13.05,0,24,0,24s0.06,10.95,1.48,16.26c0.78,2.93,2.49,5.41,5.42,6.19 C12.21,47.87,34,48,34,48s21.79-0.13,27.1-1.55c2.93-0.78,4.64-3.26,5.42-6.19C67.94,34.95,68,24,68,24S67.94,13.05,66.52,7.74z\" fill=\"#f00\"><\/path><path d=\"M 45,24 27,14 27,34\" fill=\"#fff\"><\/path><\/svg><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The news footage is graphic.<\/p>\n<p><strong>OKALOOSA COUNTY, FLORIDA \u2014<\/strong> A 14-year-old installed cameras in her bedroom because no one would believe she was being beaten. The footage went to the sheriff. Damon Richard Becnel, 47, was arrested January 2, 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Two videos showed him grabbing the girl by the hair, headbutting her, and slamming her head into a bed. In another he pulls a knife on a dog and screams that he will cut the animal&rsquo;s eyes out while she tells him to stop. He was charged with child abuse and animal cruelty, posted $4,000 bail on January 3, and was released.<\/p>\n<p>The sheriff&rsquo;s office would not say how he was related to her, citing Florida&rsquo;s victim-identity law. Reporting filled it in. Becnel was her father, a Destin business owner listed as a managing partner across local companies, last tied to ABEC Resorts. She had hidden a Nest camera without his knowledge. Her mother, Allison Tringas, who did not have custody, told WEAR she had been trying for years. <strong>\u00ab\u00a0Nothing was done. Nothing has ever been done to help my daughter.\u00a0\u00bb<\/strong> She said the girl \u00ab\u00a0absolutely knew that something bad was going to happen and nobody would believe her unless she had that on film.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n<p>Five Okaloosa Circuit judges passed the file around, several recusing without a reason, before it landed with Judge John Jay Gontarek. Chief Assistant State Attorney William Bishop said the office would not plea-bargain and had given the case to a child-abuse specialist. The criminal trial was continued for years. Becnel&rsquo;s lawyer said he had checked into rehab while a domestic-violence injunction was in effect. The girl spent long stretches with her paternal grandfather.<\/p>\n<p>Then a retired judge, brought back to hear the matter, granted Becnel temporary custody in late 2020 on the recommendation of the Florida Department of Children and Families and the teen&rsquo;s own attorney \u2014 while the felony child-abuse charge was still pending. By 2022, reporting confirmed the same father had custody again. A child who documented her own beating watched the system hand her back.<\/p>\n<p>Related from The AEGIS Alliance: the <a href=\"https:\/\/theaegisalliance.com\/2019\/11\/10\/catholic-priest-arrested-11-year-old-girl-recorded-herself-being-molested\/\">Italian girl who recorded her parish priest<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/theaegisalliance.com\/2017\/12\/09\/child-abuse-documentary-hollywood-an-open-secret-hollywood-viral-video\/\">An Open Secret<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/theaegisalliance.com\/category\/news\/crime-news\/\">Crime News<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 14-year-old in Okaloosa County hid cameras after no one believed she was being beaten. The footage led to an arrest. 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