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Brother to be tried in incest case
HoustonChronicle.com ^ | June 3, 2004, 12:32AM | Associated Press

Posted on 06/03/2004 7:12:27 AM PDT by Max Combined

Sister gave birth to baby, who died

PORT ARTHUR -- A 19-year-old man will be tried in September on a charge of prohibited sexual conduct with his younger sister, who gave birth to a baby found dead in a high school band bag.

The girl, who was 15 when she gave birth, has been charged in juvenile court with capital murder. An adult certification hearing for her is set for June 10.

The maximum sentence that can be considered in juvenile court on a capital murder charge is 40 years, prosecutor Randi King said. In the adult system, she could get life in prison.

Prosecutors allege the siblings had an ongoing sexual relationship that resulted in the birth in November.

The brother, who is free on bond and set for trial Sept. 1, graduated from Port Neches-Groves High School last week, the Port Arthur News reported Wednesday. If convicted of the third-degree felony, he could face from two to 10 years in prison and up to a $10,000 fine.

Attorney David Barlow, who is representing the brother, declined to respond to the allegations Wednesday.

"This is one of those cases where nobody wins no matter what happens," he told The Associated Press.

The brother said in a sworn affidavit that he had intercourse with his sister on more than one occasion at their home in Port Neches, according to the paper.

The newborn boy was discovered hidden in the girl's bedroom last fall after she was taken to the hospital because of excessive bleeding, Jefferson County District Attorney's office investigator Steve Thrower said in an affidavit. He said there was no evidence the boy forced his sister to have sex.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; US: Arkansas
KEYWORDS: circle; demonic; familytree; houston; incest; incestisbest; sex; sick; texas; trash; tx
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1 posted on 06/03/2004 7:12:29 AM PDT by Max Combined
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To: Max Combined

Gadzooks


2 posted on 06/03/2004 7:13:51 AM PDT by exile (Exile - Helen Thomas tried to lure me into her Gingerbread House.)
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To: Max Combined

First, this is a federal, not a state issue

Second, the obligation of our highest and most august Court is to intervene now, and declare,

The rights of siblings to cohabit and to produece maroons is an even higher and more exaulted constitional right than the recently discovered right to pursue an inordinate interest in another man's anus.


3 posted on 06/03/2004 7:35:31 AM PDT by nathanbedford
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To: nathanbedford

LOL!


4 posted on 06/03/2004 7:36:18 AM PDT by Max Combined
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To: Max Combined

Where are their parents?


5 posted on 06/03/2004 7:53:24 AM PDT by texasflower (in the event of the rapture.......the Bush White House will be unmanned)
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To: Max Combined

They should move to Massachusetts and demand to get married.


6 posted on 06/03/2004 7:53:35 AM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Even if the government took all your earnings, you wouldn't be, in its eyes, a slave.)
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To: texasflower

That is something you hope you never have to worry about.


7 posted on 06/03/2004 7:54:47 AM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Even if the government took all your earnings, you wouldn't be, in its eyes, a slave.)
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To: nathanbedford

What good would it do to punish either. They have already suffered enough. We should ensure that they get a good education and become responsible parents for the future.


8 posted on 06/03/2004 7:57:46 AM PDT by cinFLA
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To: Max Combined

A family affair?


9 posted on 06/03/2004 7:57:59 AM PDT by Junior (Love isn't always on time. Sometimes you have to pay for it up front.)
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To: Blood of Tyrants
I can see where the parents might not know about the relationship between the siblings, but the pregnancy is what really gets me.

Surely someone noticed a pregnant 15 year old. I am assuming she was term since it doesn't say otherwise.

The dead baby in the closet is disturbing. You would think the girl's parents might have been able to prevent the baby from being wrapped up in plastic and put it in a closet.

You are right in that this isn't something most of us will ever have to even think about.
10 posted on 06/03/2004 8:04:06 AM PDT by texasflower (in the event of the rapture.......the Bush White House will be unmanned)
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To: Max Combined

Well, there go two registered Democrats off the voting roles...


11 posted on 06/03/2004 8:04:36 AM PDT by pabianice
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To: texasflower
Where are their parents?

Attending a family reunion? Just the two of them.

12 posted on 06/03/2004 8:06:00 AM PDT by techcor
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To: texasflower

If the girl was obese, a pregnancy might not be noticed.


13 posted on 06/03/2004 8:08:22 AM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Even if the government took all your earnings, you wouldn't be, in its eyes, a slave.)
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To: pabianice

The Rats are trying to make it so that incarcerated felons can also vote. I kid you not.


14 posted on 06/03/2004 8:09:18 AM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Even if the government took all your earnings, you wouldn't be, in its eyes, a slave.)
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To: techcor

LOL!


15 posted on 06/03/2004 8:10:01 AM PDT by texasflower (in the event of the rapture.......the Bush White House will be unmanned)
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To: Blood of Tyrants

BUMP!


16 posted on 06/03/2004 8:11:10 AM PDT by Publius6961 (I don't do diplomacy either.)
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To: cinFLA

You are absolutely right. It is a failure of edeucation. These siblings were never taught the joys of masterbation and they were never the beneficiaries of distributed condoms.

This is Bush's fault, you know how he is with all that "compassion" and religiosity and no federal money for sex toys.


17 posted on 06/03/2004 8:12:36 AM PDT by nathanbedford
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To: cinFLA

I don't think I can agree on this one. They may have suffered but they have not been punished for letting that child die. These kids should have known right from wrong and they chose to make very poor choices multiple times.

JMO, but they should be punished.


18 posted on 06/03/2004 8:17:09 AM PDT by cjshapi
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To: Blood of Tyrants

Maybe so.

My daughters are 16 and 18 and I would hope that I would notice at least some of the other pregnancy changes, even some of the behavioral ones.

I see your daughter is just a little bitty girl, but as a doting daddy, you would probably notice those other changes in your daughter, also.

But of course, I know that requires parents that actually pay close attention to their kids and these parents may not be that way.


19 posted on 06/03/2004 8:20:06 AM PDT by texasflower (in the event of the rapture.......the Bush White House will be unmanned)
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To: nathanbedford

I'm sure we'll soon be seeing their faces on the NEW state of california seal.


20 posted on 06/03/2004 8:35:14 AM PDT by RckyRaCoCo (todo su paĆ­s es pertenece a nosotros)
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