Oklahoma man arrested after 11-year-old stepdaughter gives birth; mother charged with enabling abuse
An Oklahoma man was arrested and charged with child sexual abuse after his 11-year-old stepdaughter gave birth at their home in Muskogee.
Dustin Walker, 34, and Cherie Walker, 33, were arrested last week and originally charged with one count of felony child neglect each after the child gave birth to a full-term baby at home on Aug. 16, court records show. The parents initially claimed they did not know the child was pregnant, and the child had not been to the doctor in over a year.
The charges were amended Monday after DNA test results revealed that the stepfather was a 99.9% DNA match for the baby's father, according to the test, which the Muskogee County District Attorney's Office shared with NBC News.
Dustin Walker is accused of sexually abusing the girl, who was 11 years old at the time, on or between Jan. 1 to Aug. 16, resulting in her giving birth to his child, court documents show. Her mother, Cherie Walker, was charged with enabling child sexual abuse.
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The house had no running water for years. She also says that she had called to report about the dogs and about the children. Who took those calls, and what was done? And what about the schools? You would think SOMEONE would have noticed that the kids weren't being cared for -- unless the kids were 'home-schooled'. Oklahoma has VERY relaxed regulations concerning homeschooling (in this case, as in many others, 'home-abusing').
And what did the girl's grandmother know? She apparently lived very nearby.
The 'parents' (
) will no doubt face the justice they deserve. But who else let those kids down?
