Posted on 05/08/2008 2:05:31 AM PDT by ruination
ST. ANTHONY, Idaho -- A man has been charged with raping a 10-year-old girl who later gave birth in eastern Idaho.
The girl gave birth less than two weeks ago by caesarian section at Madison Memorial Hospital in Rexburg, Fremont County Sheriff Ralph C. Davis and other authorities said. Officials would not disclose the gender, date of birth or paternity of the baby.
"I wouldn't have believed a 10-year-old could conceive in the first place," Davis said.
A hospital spokeswoman would not discuss the condition of the girl or the baby and would not say whether either was still in the hospital Wednesday.
The story was first reported by KIDK-TV.
St. Anthony police began investigating on April 28 after medical personnel alerted police that a pregnant child had come in for treatment.
Guadalupe Gutierrez-Juarez, 37, of St. Anthony, was arrested the same day, Police Chief James Smith said.
"We had good information from witnesses," Smith said.
In documents that were filed April 29 in 7th District Court and obtained by The Associated Press, Gutierrez-Juarez is charged with one count of rape. He remained in jail with bail set at $250,000 pending a preliminary hearing May 13.
Authorities said Gutierrez-Juarez did not have legal documentation to live in the United States. His home town and nationality were not immediately clear, but police said they had received no complaints about him before investigating the pregnancy.
The investigation was continuing. Smith would not give details on the condition of the girl but said additional counts of rape could be filed.
"The prosecutor is still considering doing that," he said.
Prosecutor Karl H. Lewies did not return telephone calls Wednesday from The AP.
It's unclear who would take custody of the newborn or what will happen to the 10-year-old mother.
Child protection laws prohibit the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare from confirming whether the agency was contacted about the case, spokesman Tom Shanahan said.
"In a situation like that, we probably would be contacted by the hospital," Shanahan said. "If there was a crime committed we would be working with local law enforcement."
If the girl's home is found to be unsafe, a custody hearing would be held immediately and the courts would decide where to place her, Shanahan said.
"If they decide the child needs foster care, we would do that immediately," he said.
While a 10-year-old giving birth is highly unusual, it is not impossible, said Laurie Krieger, a medical anthropologist in Washington D.C.
"We do know that girls in the U.S. are menstruating sooner," a development which can speed up the production of sex hormones and make pregnancy possible earlier than might have been thought likely, Kreiger said.
Mutrition, body mass and other factors, including the fact that children in the United States weigh more than in past generations, contribute to early menstruation, she added.
Death penalty.
Just let this dickhead go into the general population and drop a hint as to why he’s incarcerated.
Absolutely. Even convicts have children.
Good luck keeping this one going.
I posted a link to this in a thread this morning.
http://www.kidk.com/news/local/18706089.html
The thread was yanked with no reason given at all.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2012750/posts
But I’m willing to bet those folks in eastern Idaho have really, really nice lawns! Doncha think?!
And many of them had some sort of rape or sexual crime in their family, statistically speaking. People end up in jail because they’re screwed up, usually by adults who mistreated them in their childhood.
Child molesters are a convenient outlet for these guys to take out their frustrations. Tragic, but true.
IMO< the reduced age when girls start menstrating is directly related to what cattle are fed in the United States.
It’s the injected hormones in dairy cows. Makes cows produce lots of milk, makes little girls menstruate sooner.
At least, that’s the theory I’ve heard, sounds reasonable.
Democrats say we need to keep letting illegals come into this country and and we need to keep letting them disrespect and disobey our laws. Democrats say this is because illegals will do the things Americans refuse to do.
Democrats like George Bush and John McCain I guess.
Democrats are the ones pushing this and unfortunately some RINOs agree with them.
Democrats also say we need to stop teaching abstinence in schools so the little kids will make easier victims of abuse, I guess. Why else would they be against it?
Hey, I bet he's Catholic, too.
What about boys? Are they getting hair sooner? Are their voices changing sooner?
Democrats say we need to keep letting illegals come into this country and and we need to keep letting them disrespect and disobey our laws. Democrats say this is because illegals will do the things Americans refuse to do.
lib/dems are happy.....a new lib/dem voter has arrived!!!
just kidding, I dont know. All this is just a theory I heard.
Mr. President, Put Up That Wall.
I say part of their punishment should be trying to stay alive while living in the general population. After all, they preyed on the weak themselves, let the punishment fit the crime.
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