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Man charged with impregnating step-daughter
By Associated Press
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- A Puerto Rican man faces sex assault and other charges after a paternity test established that he impregnated his 10-year-old stepdaughter, police said Friday.

The suspect has been charged with eight counts of sexual assault, attempted rape and lascivious acts for allegedly having sexual relations with a child.

The girl's mother, who told police she twice caught her husband having sex with her daughter and forgave him, has been charged with two counts of intentional neglect or abuse by means of omission.

"The test was 99.99 percent positive," said agent Lymaris Cruz, of the Sex Crimes Division for Humacao, a city of about 62,000 in southeastern Puerto Rico.

Both parents are being held in jail and the U.S. territory's Department of the Family has taken custody of the girl and her 7-year-old sister.

The case surfaced in September after school officials complained to the girl's mother that she had stopped wearing her uniform. A school social worker said the mother told him the uniform no longer fit and believed her daughter might have a tumor, El Nuevo Dia reported. The mother later acknowledged the girl was pregnant and school officials contacted authorities.

A judge and lawyers for both sides will meet Oct. 26 to discuss if the girl can testify via closed circuit. Court officials will also then set a date for a preliminary hearing, said Jorge Umpierre, a spokesman for Puerto Rico's Court Administration.

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no one wrote on Feb 15, 2008 8:35 PM:

" ok thats really dume "

PUKING IN IL wrote on Oct 24, 2006 3:54 PM:

" oh I THINK ALL of you Uh, duhs, yos etc are JUST PLAIN IMMATURE & DUMB!! how can you all sit there & write these types of comments?! UR talking about a VERY bad thing that has happened to this poor 10 yr old gurl!! WHATS WRONG with you people?! LETS ALL PRAY FOR THE NEXT GENERATION OF our children!! Our next generation have been scarred by these SO CALLED parents!! STOP spreading stupidities and START reaching out to OUR INNOCENT children by teaching them that we ALL arent rapists, drugists, wife beaters etc.... OUR CHILDREN come into this world looking upon US adults and we then turn around and ABUSE them so they can then do the same!! HOW SICK HAS THIS WORLD COME TO? GOD PRAY FOR OUR CHILDREN!! Im a mom of a 3 yr girl and GOD forbide anyone touch her!! "

confused wrote on Oct 23, 2006 8:20 PM:

" Why is this in the paper but not the story of the same thing happening in nearby Lincoln? It was a big story for a day or two. What happened? "

Lee Ho Fu wrote on Oct 23, 2006 12:55 PM:

" I heard they caught a dog "doing" a cat in Chongqing, China. Surely that's enough of a peverse sexual nature to make it into the local papers, isn't it? "

In the... wrote on Oct 23, 2006 12:46 PM:

" ...article it says "attempted rape"....the girl is pg with his child and it's classified as "attempted"???? "

Hmmmm wrote on Oct 23, 2006 10:05 AM:

" To the response I must think "it's okay to rape little girls" I am not only a Mother of three girls and three boys, I am also a retired socail worker. I feel a story like this SHOULD be published anywhere people will read it, I believe this lets the public know just how real this is and that it CAN happen to you. I was originally commenting on the gripes of what catergory this was posted under as I said "People are Bored" It's news, it shouldn't matter as long as it's out there. "

WTF wrote on Oct 23, 2006 6:48 AM:

" Kinko the other comments regarding choice of placement of article "

to: wtf? wrote on Oct 22, 2006 10:07 PM:

" The story is right where it belongs people. Go ask your kids what WTF really stands for. "

Huh? wrote on Oct 22, 2006 9:56 PM:

" I guess because a 10 year old usually can't get pregnant; is this some kind of record? More of a SickTriviaFact. The man with the dog would be better suited here. "

to hmmm wrote on Oct 22, 2006 6:36 PM:

" apparently you think it is okay to rape 10 year old girls. I dont care if it is aired anywhere...get near my 9 year old daughter with your attitude and you don't breathe anymore. "

Lollerskates wrote on Oct 22, 2006 4:55 PM:

" Super job, Pantagraph. Tomorrows WTF headlines: "Cat fashion show hits bigtime." "Man lights self on fire, dies." "

wtf? wrote on Oct 22, 2006 2:06 PM:

" This is just plain sad....how is this weird trivia or weird facts? I agree with um, huh, and yo.... "

Hmmmm wrote on Oct 22, 2006 12:46 PM:

" T huh & Um ; okay knock it off guys are you bored, news is news who cares where it is put, it's not like it's listed with the BIRTHS or OBITS...find something better to gripe about. "

BN Cynic wrote on Oct 22, 2006 12:06 PM:

" Tend to agree with the other posters. It would be more of a "WTF" article if the girl was 18.... "

yo wrote on Oct 21, 2006 3:23 PM:

" so sad for this family "

huh wrote on Oct 21, 2006 12:47 PM:

" i agree with Um....WTF is this doing under the WTF section...you have an article about a balloon haunted house and a rape of a 10 year old under the same heading...think things through a bit more "

Um wrote on Oct 21, 2006 11:02 AM:

" Why is this under Weird Trivia and Facts? It's just plain sick. It's not trivia, and it's not really a weird fact. Now, if your column actually means what WTF REALLY stands for, then perhaps it is more appropriate, but still....this should be under normal news. "
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