On or about July 14, 2025, officers with the Chisago County Sheriff Officer responded to a report that a known female child (DOB: 01/2012), Victim herein, had ingested approximately 20 pills of asleep aid prescription. When officers responded and spoke with Victim [NAME REDACTED] was she was sick of having flashbacks and nightmares of being sexually assaulted by her father, FRANCIS PETER HUSNIK JR. [DOB REDACTED], DEFENDANT herein, so she was hoping if she took the pills it would cause her to go to sleep.
Victim [NAME REDACTED] had occurred for many years and in various cities including Minneapolis, in Hennepin County Minnesota. At that time, Victim was not residing with Defednant. Victim was transported to the hospital where she received medical attention. Officers with the Chisago County Sherriff’s cross reported to the Minneapolis Police Department who began its investigation on July 17, 2025. On or about August 4, 2025, a known female child (DOB: 01/2012), Victim herein, participated in a forensic interview at CornerHouse.
During that interview, Victim [NAME REDACTED] had been sexually abusing her when she was between the ages of 3 and 9. Victim recalled that the last time she was assaulted by Defendant was at a residence in St. Paul, Minnesota. Victim also described being exposed to Defendant masturbating on multiple occasions. Victim disclosed being sexually assaulted and touched by Defendant on the floor of her grandparent’s bathroom in their home in White Bear Lake, Minnesota when she was around 3 years old. Victim disclosed that back when she was approximately 7 years old, she recalls that she and Defendant were in their Minneapolis home in Hennepin County, Minnesota.
Victim [NAME REDACTED] in the living room or her brother’s bedroom, when Defendant used his penis to penetrate her vagina. Victim used anatomical drawings to explain that Defendant’s penis touched the inside of her vagina. Victim [NAME REDACTED] on multiple occasions Defendant would make her touch his private part, his penis. Victim disclosed another time when Defendant had his pants down and Victim [NAME REDACTED] on the floor. Defendant was pinning her arms down with his knees and he put his private part, his penis, into her mouth.
Victim’s brother, a known male child, [NAME REDACTED], participated in a forensic interview at CornerHouse. Witness recalled Defendant and his mother having sex in the same room as Victim [NAME REDACTED]. Witness described seeing pictures on Defendant’s phone of naked women that looked too young. Witness disclosed that Defendant had told him that Defendant had sex with one of his brother’s high school friends. Witness knew that the person Defendant said he had sex with was a minor [NAME REDACTED]. Witness described Defendant making comments about Victim’s body developing.