US EditionFATHER IDENTIFIED: DNA Links Stepfather to 11-Year-Old Girl's Baby | News Channel 3-12
The stepfather and mother face child neglect charges after the girl gave birth without medical care in unsanitary conditions; DNA testing showed 99% certainty of paternity.
- On August 25, Muskogee County prosecutors announced DNA testing confirmed with 99% certainty that Dustin Walker, 34, stepfather and defendant, fathered the newborn after the 11-year-old girl's home birth earlier this month, leading to his arrest on child sexual abuse charges.
- The girl's lack of medical care and homeschooling meant five other children, ages 2, 4, 6, 7, and 9, lived amid filth with no running water for years, raising neglect concerns.
- Court records show Cherie Walker, 33, and Dustin Walker, 34, face six felony neglect counts and Cherie Walker is charged with enabling child sexual abuse; each is held on $100,000 bond.
- Prosecutors said charges were amended following DNA results linking the stepfather to the newborn, with Dustin Walker arrested on child sexual abuse allegations.
- A relative defended the family, saying they `did not know this was happening` and insisted they love the children, while neighbors told reporters they repeatedly called police fearing help came too late.
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PanoramaIn the United States, an 11-year-old girl was abused by her own stepfather. As it came out, the perpetrator is said to have pregnant the child. A DNA test has transferred the man.
Stepfather and mother arrested after 11-year-old gives birth at home — DNA test reveals shocking paternity
A Muskogee, Oklahoma, couple faces serious criminal charges after an 11-year-old girl in their care gave birth at home without medical attention. The case took a shocking turn when DNA test results revealed the stepfather was the biological father of the newborn. Dustin Walker, 34, and Cherie Walker, 33, were initially arrested on August 16 after the child gave birth to a full-term baby at their home. The couple originally claimed they had no kn…
Okla. man accused of fathering baby born to 11-year-old stepdaughter
MUSKOGEE, Okla. (Scripps News Tulsa/Court TV) — A mother and stepfather face child neglect charges after DNA testing confirmed the man fathered a baby born to his 11-year-old stepdaughter over the weekend, prosecutors said. Assistant District Attorney Janet Hutson said DNA testing revealed a 99% certainty that Dustin Walker is the father of the baby born to the child, who lived with Dustin and her mother, Cherie Walker. Dustin Walker and Cherie …
Parents Who Said They Didn't Know 11-Year-Old Was Pregnant Charged After DNA Test Confirms Paternity: DA
The couple initially claimed they had no idea that the 11-year-old was pregnant -- with the girls' grandmother claiming she knew who the father was -- before DNA test results gave a 99.9% certainty it was the stepfather.
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