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Tanuki

(16,032 posts)
Mon Aug 25, 2025, 04:43 PM Aug 25

It was the step-father (update on 11-y.o. who gave birth)

There was a shocking story a day or two ago about an 11-yo girl who gave birth at home, whose parents claimed they had no idea she was pregnant. The stepfather now turns out to be 99.9% certain DNA match. I hope she can recover from this horror and go in to heal and have a good life in a loving home somewhere. It is just unspeakably tragic for her. 🤬

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/oklahoma-man-arrested-11-old-165821666.html

"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 against the couple were amended on Monday after DNA test results revealed that the stepfather was a 99.9% DNA match for the baby's father, according to the test shared with NBC News by the Muskogee County District Attorney's Office.

Dustin Walker is accused of sexually abusing the child, 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. The child's mother, Cherie Walker, was charged with enabling child sexual abuse.
....

The children were removed from the home on Tuesday, per court records.

"Each of the charges against both defendants are punishable by up to life," Hutson said."...(more)

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It was the step-father (update on 11-y.o. who gave birth) (Original Post) Tanuki Aug 25 OP
Oklahoma milestogo Aug 25 #1
Post removed Post removed Aug 25 #19
There is nothing good or meritorious about this. TygrBright Aug 25 #24
And it completely misses what should be the goal - which is preventing abuse. harumph Aug 25 #40
DUU, any rape, even prison rape is wrong. Democraticunderground is a better place then that irisblue Aug 25 #33
Prison rape and prison murder are not justice. Rape is not a punishment to wield. WhiskeyGrinder Aug 25 #34
Holy shit malaise Aug 25 #2
Horrific SickOfTheOnePct Aug 25 #3
Another article with pictures flying_wahini Aug 25 #4
That's the grandmother making excuses. chowder66 Aug 25 #11
The 11 year old was told to say somebody else did it Ritabert Aug 25 #20
without a doubt. barbtries Aug 25 #48
Yes! Ritabert Aug 25 #57
"We have animals" canetoad Aug 25 #23
In the genetic genealogy community customerserviceguy Aug 25 #26
Granny is a freaking liar. irisblue Aug 25 #29
She is Demovictory9 Aug 25 #37
Rape enabler Granny would say "She looks older..." harumph Aug 25 #41
Granny is blaming a freaking child and not her daughter & the rapist daughter married irisblue Aug 25 #49
Nobody looks good in a mug shot Warpy Aug 25 #44
Castrate this monster. 3catwoman3 Aug 25 #5
It's called child rape. choie Aug 25 #6
I reckon if they post the Ten Commandments in their schools this kind of thing will not happen, right? Midnight Writer Aug 25 #7
OMG how horrible for that child. This will damage her for the rest of her life. The parents should be locked up forever. TommieMommy Aug 25 #8
Not charged with rape immediately? There isn't a single Maru Kitteh Aug 25 #9
Perhaps a bit more time to develop the case customerserviceguy Aug 25 #27
Right. H2O Man Aug 25 #32
A 10/11 yo child developed their case for 36 weeks Maru Kitteh Aug 25 #50
This is what the press is for customerserviceguy Aug 26 #62
Gag Bayard Aug 25 #10
Were they fostering the 11 year old? They say the child was in their care... IcyPeas Aug 25 #15
An unimaginable horror, her own mother didn't protect her. Incanus Aug 25 #12
Sick fucks JustAnotherGen Aug 25 #13
He should be found beaten to death in some gutter tonight Submariner Aug 25 #14
Just my opinion BeneteauBum Aug 25 #16
Yeah, I'd put some serious money on those odds... harumph Aug 25 #42
I don't know the race of those people Wednesdays Aug 26 #60
In the photos, they looked to be Caucasian... BeneteauBum Aug 26 #63
Monsters UpInArms Aug 25 #17
Rot starts at the head Nigrum Cattus Aug 25 #18
The real reason MAGA doesn't accept scientific evidence. xuplate Aug 25 #21
💔💔💔 ultralite001 Aug 25 #22
That sick bastard and that miserable excuse for a "mother." MIButterfly Aug 25 #25
#NotADragQueen. Second source with booking photos. irisblue Aug 25 #28
So if 34 year old Dustin Walker gets a life sentence, he flvegan Aug 25 #30
Typical republican behaviour..... gopiscrap Aug 25 #31
Guessed that one KT2000 Aug 25 #35
Omg Demovictory9 Aug 25 #36
Sickening. I hope these children are placed in a loving home where they can heal and thrive tulipsandroses Aug 25 #38
Sick. hamsterjill Aug 25 #39
93% of all child sexual abuse . . . AverageOldGuy Aug 25 #43
We all figured that. I hope the girl is moved to another state and placed in a safe home Bread and Circuses Aug 25 #45
But .....but ...his mother said he would never do that! MLAA Aug 25 #46
No running water in the house, dogs and cats on the premises, 6 children, an 11 year-old mother. Paladin Aug 25 #47
and the house looked tiny! BlueWaveNeverEnd Aug 25 #54
Shit like that went on all the time in the bible JPK Aug 25 #51
'Enabling child sexual abuse' could get this woman a life sentence, G.Maxwell is on fucking work release. Volaris Aug 25 #52
Does... czarjak Aug 25 #53
Loyal republican says:::: 'If rape is inevitable, you should lie back and enjoy it': Norrrm Aug 25 #55
Republican rape advisory chart. Norrrm Aug 25 #56
No running water. Dogs and cats in the house. And homeschooling 6 kids. progressoid Aug 25 #58
The current charges against Dustin and Cherie Walker + a Tulsa journalist has confirmed that the victim's mother, Heidi Aug 26 #59
I wonder if Mr. trump will offer him a cabinet position. Torchlight Aug 26 #61
Grandmother charged (six counts of felony child neglect) Heidi Saturday #64

Response to milestogo (Reply #1)

TygrBright

(21,194 posts)
24. There is nothing good or meritorious about this.
Mon Aug 25, 2025, 06:18 PM
Aug 25

Prison rape is not a joke.

As horrible as what this man did may be, rejoicing that he'll be subjected to torture, rape and an early death contributes nothing good to making America a place that does not tolerate social Darwinism, eye-for-eye retribution, and cruelty in place of an equitable rule of law.

The child he victimized will not be un-victimized, nor will teaching her that it's okay to rejoice in a horrible revenge for her injuries help her overcome the trauma, learn to trust humankind again, and seek a future where she will experience kindness because she can value and dispense it herself. Even in the face of the horrors she survived.

sadly,
Bright

harumph

(2,972 posts)
40. And it completely misses what should be the goal - which is preventing abuse.
Mon Aug 25, 2025, 07:18 PM
Aug 25
Preventing abuse instead of ignoring measures to intercede - but then celebrating the abuser getting what they deserve in prison.
It's almost a surrender, like "abuses will happen...but at least the guy gets fucked in prison."

irisblue

(35,819 posts)
33. DUU, any rape, even prison rape is wrong. Democraticunderground is a better place then that
Mon Aug 25, 2025, 06:48 PM
Aug 25

chowder66

(11,215 posts)
11. That's the grandmother making excuses.
Mon Aug 25, 2025, 05:11 PM
Aug 25

The 11-year-old's grandmother denied this claim, telling the outlet that the family "did not know this was happening."

"They've made my daughter and son-in-law a monster," she continued. "They are not. They love these children... We have animals, and so sometimes there's trash on the floor because the dogs get into the trash. It gets cleaned up. Right now, it's probably a mess because the animals are in there. We try to let them out, but they try to keep it clean."

The grandmother also claimed that the child told her who the father of the child may have been.

"She keeps telling us that it was a little 12-year-old that I used to babysit," she said. "She keeps telling everybody that it was him. They got curious, that's all I know."

barbtries

(30,713 posts)
48. without a doubt.
Mon Aug 25, 2025, 07:46 PM
Aug 25

these poor children! now they'll be probably be separated. What will happen to this little girl and her baby? Six kids!

omg

unintentionally comic typo:

Despite this, the girl's parents, 34-year-old Dustin Walker and 3-year-old Cherie Walker, claimed that they didn't know the 11-year-old was pregnant.


canetoad

(19,386 posts)
23. "We have animals"
Mon Aug 25, 2025, 06:07 PM
Aug 25

Does this mean the grandmother lived with the family? If she does, this means that three fucking adults did nothing to help this little girl.

Warpy

(113,877 posts)
44. Nobody looks good in a mug shot
Mon Aug 25, 2025, 07:30 PM
Aug 25

but these people look as normal as the people I know about.

One of my cousins did a Woody Allen, divorced the mom and ran away with the teenaged daughter, got married in Mexico. I've always wondered how long it lasted, but no one in the family has been in contact with him for the past fiftyish years. He's got no online presence, so my worst self imagines he got plugged by an irate Mexican dad for messing around with the wrong little girl down there.

Guys like this look completely normal. You can know them for years--even grow up with them--and never spot them until it's too late.

Midnight Writer

(24,622 posts)
7. I reckon if they post the Ten Commandments in their schools this kind of thing will not happen, right?
Mon Aug 25, 2025, 04:59 PM
Aug 25

TommieMommy

(2,325 posts)
8. OMG how horrible for that child. This will damage her for the rest of her life. The parents should be locked up forever.
Mon Aug 25, 2025, 05:02 PM
Aug 25

Maru Kitteh

(30,545 posts)
9. Not charged with rape immediately? There isn't a single
Mon Aug 25, 2025, 05:07 PM
Aug 25

good reason why that should not be the first charge.

customerserviceguy

(25,393 posts)
27. Perhaps a bit more time to develop the case
Mon Aug 25, 2025, 06:36 PM
Aug 25

and we'll see that. I'm sure there will be an outcry for it from all sides.

Maru Kitteh

(30,545 posts)
50. A 10/11 yo child developed their case for 36 weeks
Mon Aug 25, 2025, 08:08 PM
Aug 25

And gave birth to the DNA-tested proof of the crime against her. It was by definition rape so it’s really likely that it’s just the really repellent social factor at play here in slow walking the word itself.

customerserviceguy

(25,393 posts)
62. This is what the press is for
Tue Aug 26, 2025, 02:41 PM
Aug 26

and the original post contained a news story that should focus a lot of light on this crime. I can't think of anyone who would condone it in any way.

Bayard

(26,805 posts)
10. Gag
Mon Aug 25, 2025, 05:08 PM
Aug 25


Is the girl keeping the baby? I don't see anything about that. I guess they will both enter the foster system.

IcyPeas

(24,144 posts)
15. Were they fostering the 11 year old? They say the child was in their care...
Mon Aug 25, 2025, 05:39 PM
Aug 25

And they had 6 other kids who have been removed from the home...

Just not clear if the children were biological or fosters.

Was grandmother a biological relative?

Incanus

(128 posts)
12. An unimaginable horror, her own mother didn't protect her.
Mon Aug 25, 2025, 05:14 PM
Aug 25

I hope everyone who covered for this predator gets thrown under the jail and the child gets the help she needs to recover.

BeneteauBum

(177 posts)
16. Just my opinion
Mon Aug 25, 2025, 05:48 PM
Aug 25

I’d lay odds that these degenerates are supporters of the current administration.
Peace ☮️

Wednesdays

(20,669 posts)
60. I don't know the race of those people
Tue Aug 26, 2025, 12:35 PM
Aug 26

But if they're white, and living outside of OKC, Tulsa, or Norman, I'd put the odds at 95% they're full-blown MAGAts.

Nigrum Cattus

(964 posts)
18. Rot starts at the head
Mon Aug 25, 2025, 05:51 PM
Aug 25

We have most repugs condoning child abuse what
do we expect ? Just wait till he pardons ghislaine !

MIButterfly

(1,193 posts)
25. That sick bastard and that miserable excuse for a "mother."
Mon Aug 25, 2025, 06:20 PM
Aug 25

That poor child. I hope she gets the help she needs and will be taken somewhere safe, with people who will truly love her and care for her, never to see that disgusting couple again.

And certainly not with that stupid grandmother! What an effed up family. My heart aches for that poor little girl.

flvegan

(65,238 posts)
30. So if 34 year old Dustin Walker gets a life sentence, he
Mon Aug 25, 2025, 06:44 PM
Aug 25

has something like 45 years to live in fear of getting the shit beat out of him in prison by other inmates.

Sounds good. He probably won't live that long though. I'd say 5 years until he suicides or he's murdered by a fellow inmate, unfortunately.

I hope all the other kids in his/their care now or previously, all get checked out. No way this is a single offense.

I don't have any words for the "mother" here.

gopiscrap

(24,441 posts)
31. Typical republican behaviour.....
Mon Aug 25, 2025, 06:44 PM
Aug 25

OK is the most republican state in the country...it's full of sick fucks that worship that orange stain blotting our country.

tulipsandroses

(7,862 posts)
38. Sickening. I hope these children are placed in a loving home where they can heal and thrive
Mon Aug 25, 2025, 07:11 PM
Aug 25

This monster needs to spend the rest of his life in prison. If mom knew, she should never regain custody of any of the children.

hamsterjill

(16,440 posts)
39. Sick.
Mon Aug 25, 2025, 07:15 PM
Aug 25

So, what happens to the baby? The 11-year old certainly cannot care for it. Will the step-father get parental rights now? I mean, it goes without saying that he shouldn't, but in this fucked up world, who the heck knows.

I hope all of the children connected to this are able to get physical and mental health so that they can recover.

AverageOldGuy

(2,901 posts)
43. 93% of all child sexual abuse . . .
Mon Aug 25, 2025, 07:26 PM
Aug 25

. . . is by a family member.

Republicans want us to believe it's teachers who encourage kids to change their gender.

MLAA

(19,448 posts)
46. But .....but ...his mother said he would never do that!
Mon Aug 25, 2025, 07:36 PM
Aug 25

Trump will probably pardon him. Ugh.

Paladin

(31,521 posts)
47. No running water in the house, dogs and cats on the premises, 6 children, an 11 year-old mother.
Mon Aug 25, 2025, 07:43 PM
Aug 25

I can't come up with any suitable words...

Volaris

(11,016 posts)
52. 'Enabling child sexual abuse' could get this woman a life sentence, G.Maxwell is on fucking work release.
Mon Aug 25, 2025, 08:32 PM
Aug 25

Release the Files. ALL OF THEM.

czarjak

(13,151 posts)
53. Does...
Mon Aug 25, 2025, 08:44 PM
Aug 25

"If rape is inevitable, relax and enjoy it." apply here, Republicans?
Asking for a Friend.

Norrrm

(2,864 posts)
55. Loyal republican says:::: 'If rape is inevitable, you should lie back and enjoy it':
Mon Aug 25, 2025, 08:59 PM
Aug 25

‘If rape is inevitable, you should lie back and enjoy it’: The man whose daughter told us not to vote for him

https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/republican-rape-inevitable-daughter-stephanie-b2032425.html

-------------------------------------------------------
"I tell my daughters, 'Well, if rape is inevitable, you should just lie back and enjoy it,'" Regan joked on a Facebook livestream.

https://www.newsweek.com/lie-back-enjoy-it-if-raped-state-rep-jokes-hed-tell-daughters-1685698

Norrrm

(2,864 posts)
56. Republican rape advisory chart.
Mon Aug 25, 2025, 09:29 PM
Aug 25

Comment from a blog:::: She's not old enough to pick a school library book but old enough to give birth.
...

progressoid

(51,814 posts)
58. No running water. Dogs and cats in the house. And homeschooling 6 kids.
Mon Aug 25, 2025, 11:06 PM
Aug 25
A neighbor of the Walkers, Cheryl Adkins, told KJRH that the family was living in less than ideal conditions.

"They [had] no running water for the last two or three years," Adkins said. "They have dogs in the house, they have cats in the house, six children."

She said she contacted the police multiple times to request a welfare check on the family, and is convinced that the parents knew about the child's pregnancy.

"This is getting to me," she said. "They robbed her of her childhood."



less than ideal conditions seems like a bit of an understatement.

Heidi

(58,626 posts)
59. The current charges against Dustin and Cherie Walker + a Tulsa journalist has confirmed that the victim's mother,
Tue Aug 26, 2025, 09:24 AM
Aug 26

Cherie Walker, is pregnant and due to give birth at any time.

The charges against Dustin Joel Walker:
https://odcr.com/detail?court=051-&casekey=051-CF++2500430

The charges against Cherie Dawn Walker:
https://odcr.com/detail?court=051-&casekey=051-CF++2500431

The Facebook post in which Tulsa News on 6 journalist Lori Fullbright confirms that Cherie Walker--the victim's mother--"IS PREGNANT, EXPECTED TO GIVE BIRTH ANY TIME":

https://www.facebook.com/LoriFullbrightNewsOn6/posts/pfbid0ftbDUxsF3PRLnoe5rpkxKqjms4KgyzzgKRdrhTgAn2BcLiqJAdybe1BDvoLXm4L5l

Heidi

(58,626 posts)
64. Grandmother charged (six counts of felony child neglect)
Sat Aug 30, 2025, 08:59 AM
Saturday

Third person arrested in connection with 11-year-old Oklahoma girl giving birth
Court documents reveal Justus witnessed the 11-year-old on the day she gave birth but disregarded informing authorities.

https://kfor.com/news/local/third-person-arrested-in-connection-with-11-year-old-oklahoma-girl-giving-birth/amp/


Also: https://odcr.com/detail?court=051-&casekey=051-CF++2500454
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