ANOTHER MONSTER
10-year-old gives birth in Idaho; Suspected illegal immigrant charged with rape
May 8, 2008. USA Today
A 37-year-old man is charged with raping a 10-year-old girl who gave birth last month in Idaho.
"St. Anthony Police said they were notified of the young girl's pregnancy by medical personnel after she went in for treatment at a doctor's office," KIFI-TV reports on its website.
One day later, the ABC affiliate says the young mother delivered a 6-pound girl at Madison Memorial Hospital in Rexburg, Idaho.
KIDK-TV says Guadalupe Gutierrez-Juarez, a suspected illegal immigrant, is being held at the Fremont County Jail. He's due in court next week to face rape charges.
"I wouldn't have believed a 10-year-old could conceive in the first place," Fremont County Sheriff Ralph Davis tells the Associated Press.
The CBS affiliate has more on the local reaction.
Update at 2:54 p.m. ET:
Thanks to reader Aaron T. for sending USAToday a copy of the Post Register story, which says investigators are still trying to determine the suspect's immigration status."A hospital spokesman would not discuss the condition of the girl or the baby and would not say if either was still in the hospital," the paper says.
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