Missouri- from www.news-leader.com – A Lebanon woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury, joining her husband and four other co-defendants who were indicted last year for their roles in a commercial sex trafficking conspiracy, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

The federal indictment alleges that a young, mentally deficient woman was sexually abused and tortured for several years at a Lebanon residence, and forced to work as an exotic dancer at local strip clubs.

Today’s indictment also contains additional charges against the original defendants related to a murder-for-hire scheme, witness and victim tampering and witness retaliation, possessing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence and child pornography.

Marilyn Bagley, 45, along with her husband Edward Bagley Sr., 43, and Michael Stokes, 62, all of Lebanon, Mo., and Bradley Cook, 32, of St. Louis, Mo., were charged in an 18-count superseding indictment returned by a grand jury in Kansas City.

Today’s indictment alleges that Edward and Marilyn Bagley enticed the female victim, who they believed came from a troubled childhood and suffered from mental deficiencies, into their trailer home in a wooded area.

They allegedly engaged in sexual intercourse and sexual torture activities with her to groom and coerce her to become a sex slave.

The federal investigation began after Bagley allegedly suffocated and shocked the woman during a torture session to a state of cardiac arrest on Feb. 27, 2009. The victim, who was 23 years old at that time, received emergency medical treatment and was hospitalized.

Today’s superseding indictment contains an additional charge against Edward Bagley for possessing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence.

Cook is also charged with two additional counts of using an interstate facility in the commission of murder for hire, and with one count each of attempted tampering with a victim and attempted witness retaliation, all of which are related to an alleged attempt to kill the victim between Sept. 28, 2010, and Dec. 9, 2010.

Cook is also charged with tampering with another witness, who is identified as “JP” in the indictment.

Today’s superseding indictment also contains additional charges against Stokes for receiving child pornography over the Internet and for possessing child pornography, according to a statement from the U.S. Attorney’s Office.