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Prosecutor who dropped Mo. teen sex assault case asks for special prosecutor to investigate

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    County prosecutor Robert Rice, left, and Sheriff Darren White, back, hold a news conference outside the Nodaway County Court House in Maryville, Mo., Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2013. Rice announced that he's asking for a special prosecutor to look at the case of a 14-year-old girl who says she was plied with alcohol and raped by a 17-year-old acquaintance. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner) (The Associated Press)

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    Melinda Coleman listens to a question during an interview in her home in Albany, Mo., Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2013. Coleman says justice was denied when charges were dropped against the boys that her 14-year-old daughter said sexually assaulted her and a 13-year-old friend. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner) (The Associated Press)

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    Melinda Coleman listens to a question during an interview in her home in Albany, Mo., Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2013. Coleman says justice was denied when charges were dropped against the boys that her 14-year-old daughter said sexually assaulted her and a 13-year-old friend. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner) (The Associated Press)

MARYVILLE, Mo. – A Missouri case involving a 14-year-old girl who says she was raped by a 17-year-old acquaintance is being reopened.

Nodaway County prosecutor Robert Rice announced Wednesday that he's asking a judge to appoint a special prosecutor. That person will investigate and decide if new charges should be filed.

Melinda Coleman, the mother of 14-year-old Daisy Coleman, claims justice was denied when Rice dropped felony charges in March 2012. That's two months after she says her daughter was plied with alcohol, raped, then dumped on the family's front porch in the northwest Missouri town of Maryville in sub-freezing temperatures.

Rice has faced intense scrutiny over his handling of the case.

He insists the investigation collapsed after the Colemans became uncooperative with investigators. Melinda Coleman denies that.