DNA test tied man to newborn in case prosecutor calls among most serious, as woman is also charged
An Oklahoma man is facing charges of child sexual molestation after an 11-year-old girl in his orbit gave birth in her home, and her mother is accused of enabling abuse in a case that a local assistant district attorney called possibly “the most serious … I have ever prosecuted”.
The charges that the Muskogee county district attorney’s office filed against Dustin Walker, 34, on Monday came after a DNA test confirmed he was the father of the newborn at the center of the case, the Oklahoma news outlet KWTV reported, citing officials.
The woman charged alongside Walker – the parent of the newborn’s underage mother – is 33. As is the outlet’s policy, the Guardian is not identifying her or describing her relationship to Walker to protect the identity of the abuse victim in the case.
Walker and the woman had initially been arrested on one count each of felony child neglect after the 11-year-old gave birth to a full-term baby at her home on 16 August, according to records filed in court and reported on by NBC News.
