While not delving into the details of the crime, Tober said it involved neck collars, a cage in the basement, sex toys and other devices.
"If this was not heinous, cruel and depraved, I don't know what is," the judge said.
The judge said the girl was taken across the country "solely for the sexual gratification" of others.
Tober said that it will be years before the full extent of the harm to the girl will be known.
"I can't wrap my head around what happened in this case," Cowell said, adding the evidence was "some of the worst images I have ever seen in my life."
But Cowell said Volz has "taken some responsibility" and "wants to be better."
A report by the Adult Diagnostic and Treatment Center in Avenel concluded Volz was not a sexually violent predator, Cowell said.
"She's not a monster," he said. "She's not an animal."
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Even animals don't do that
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