On pace to be a great grandmother by 33

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Last Updated: 11:27 am | Thursday, January 31, 2008

Mom, 11, a sad case
Her mother's boyfriend accused of molestation

The baby's birth at University Hospital on Nov. 4 was routine.

What wasn't routine was the fact that the infant's mother was just 10 at the time, impregnated by her mother's boyfriend.

Now, social workers are trying to figure out how to unravel the mess involving one of the youngest children ever to give birth in Greater Cincinnati.

Prosecutors were in court Wednesday to discuss what to do with both children, the newborn and her now 11-year-old mom.

The court session in Hamilton County Dependency Court on Wednesday was primarily a status session on how the baby and young mother are doing.

At the same time, Lockland police were in Columbus talking to a convict whose DNA shows he's the baby girl's father.

Michael Chaffer, 40, is accused of impregnating his girlfriend's 10-year-old daughter, according to Hamilton County prosecutors.

The baby's birth set off an investigation by the Hamilton County Department of Job and Family Services and stunned social workers because the baby's mother is so young.

The baby has been taken from her mother and put in a foster home while the mother is now being taken care of by a relative. Her mother is not allowed to see the baby and can only see her daughter when supervised by social workers.

Lawyers jammed the courtroom Wednesday, representing the prosecutor's office and three generations of the family.

Authorities became aware of the birth after the girl, now 11, delivered the baby at University Hospital. Hospital officials notified JFS because the mother was so young.

The girl and the infant were allowed to remain in the mother's home while JFS investigated the case.

As JFS investigated, several relatives of the girl contacted the agency saying Chaffer sexually abused the girl for a "period of time."

The girl's mother was warned not to let any adult men in her Lockland home while caseworkers tried to track down the infant's father.

Prosecutors say the girl's mother ignored that order, and when a caseworker made a surprise visit to her Lockland home Jan. 4, they found Chaffer.

Two other men were eliminated as the baby's father before Chaffer's DNA was tested.

Paternity was not determined until Wednesday morning.

Assistant Hamilton County Prosecutor Lee Slocum said Chaffer faces criminal charges for impregnating and sexually molesting a girl under the age of 13.

Lockland Police Chief James Toles said two officers were interviewing Chaffer on Wednesday in a Columbus prison, where he is serving a one-year sentence on an unrelated charge.

Sex with a child under 13 is considered statutory rape, a crime punishable with a life prison term.

The 11-year-old girl's mother is also under investigation, Slocum said, for allowing her daughter to be abused.

Job and Family Services workers can't remember a case in which a girl so young gave birth.

"Unfortunately, sexual abuse is pretty common in the cases we see," said JFS Director Moira Weir. "But it is highly unusual and extremely sad to see a case where a 10-year-old becomes pregnant.

"This is an example of why everyone in the community needs to be extremely vigilant about watching for the signs of abuse and notifying us through our 241-KIDS hot line," she added. "The sooner we can intervene, the sooner we can make sure the child is in a safe situation."

Hamilton County prosecutors want a court designation that the 11-year-old girl was abused. They allege the 11-year-old's mother failed to care for her by allowing Chaffer near her.

Prosecutors also want to take the infant away from the mother because the sixth-grade student is too young to care for the baby.

As she waited for the hearing to start, the child, who was wearing faded jeans and a T-shirt hoody with her hair tied into a ponytail, sat next to her mother. She chatted about school, music and Disney video games.

During the hearing, as prosecutors and attorneys discussed the case and the possibility that the 11-year-old could lose her baby, she wiped away tears with the palms of her hands.

At Wednesday's hearing, Magistrate Charles Milazzo determined the girl could visit her baby at least twice a week.

But he said the 11-year-old girl's mother may see her only if social workers can supervise the visits, and that she may not see the baby.

When the caseworker found Chaffer in the home Jan. 4 - a violation of JFS' order that no men be in the home - they arrested him on a charge of obstruction of official business.

Court records show Chaffer slammed the door on the officer and refused to open it.

Chaffer pleaded guilty to that charge the next day, which violated his probation on an earlier drug charge. As a result he was sent to prison for one year.

JFS immediately took the 11-year-old girl and infant from the home.

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[Nitemare]

just sad...

 

[MmmSkyscraper]

I hate the way US reporters start their stories, it really is fail.

"It was a day like any other day... Until Dave's head exploded and the space mutants moved in next door. Little did Maggie know this was only the start of her descent into the Weird."

 

[amdhunter]

Man, too bad they did the DNA test already. This would have made for a great "You ARE the father" episode on Maury.

The grandmom could have been like, "Maury, he ain't my baby's baby daddy, she aint know what she talkin' bout!"

Damn hospital ruined everything.

 

[SunnyD]

Is it just me, or was it really physically painful trying to read and comprehend what the author was actually trying to convey there. I mean seriously, everything came out like disjointed sentence fragments and stuff. I'm still trying to figure out how this all translates to being a great grandmother, and who raped who, and who's the mom...

 

[Nitemare]

Originally posted by: SunnyD
Is it just me, or was it really physically painful trying to read and comprehend what the author was actually trying to convey there. I mean seriously, everything came out like disjointed sentence fragments and stuff. I'm still trying to figure out how this all translates to being a great grandmother, and who raped who, and who's the mom...

I skimmed it, I don't have a long enough attentions span to read an article like that of that length

 

[iamwiz82]

Originally posted by: SunnyD
Is it just me, or was it really physically painful trying to read and comprehend what the author was actually trying to convey there. I mean seriously, everything came out like disjointed sentence fragments and stuff. I'm still trying to figure out how this all translates to being a great grandmother, and who raped who, and who's the mom...

It's hard when the girl is too young to have her name released. When they say mother it could be a tossup as to who they mean. Same with baby or girl.

 

[Fraggable]

I really hate this city. People think Cincinnati is 'cleaner' than most other cities its size but it's not.

 

[Nocturnal]

That is so sad that the mother still allowed the boyfriend to be there even after her own daughter was pregnant. That says a lot about our society.

 

[MmmSkyscraper]

Originally posted by: SunnyD
Is it just me, or was it really physically painful trying to read and comprehend what the author was actually trying to convey there. I mean seriously, everything came out like disjointed sentence fragments and stuff. I'm still trying to figure out how this all translates to being a great grandmother, and who raped who, and who's the mom...

Agreed, it's a complete clusterfuck. Whoever wrote it should give up English period.

 

[mugs]

Your thread title is kind of... dumb. The kid was molested, not running around having sex with guys. You think the same thing is going to happen to her kid and future grandkid?

 

[pcslookout]

Originally posted by: MmmSkyscraper

Originally posted by: SunnyD
Is it just me, or was it really physically painful trying to read and comprehend what the author was actually trying to convey there. I mean seriously, everything came out like disjointed sentence fragments and stuff. I'm still trying to figure out how this all translates to being a great grandmother, and who raped who, and who's the mom...

Agreed, it's a complete clusterfuck. Whoever wrote it should give up English period.

More less than you.

 

[pcnerd37]

I would expect something like this from some parts of the world but not there. This is seriously sick. Some people shouldn't be allowed to be apart of society.

 

[silverpig]

Originally posted by: MmmSkyscraper

Originally posted by: SunnyD
Is it just me, or was it really physically painful trying to read and comprehend what the author was actually trying to convey there. I mean seriously, everything came out like disjointed sentence fragments and stuff. I'm still trying to figure out how this all translates to being a great grandmother, and who raped who, and who's the mom...

Agreed, it's a complete clusterfuck. Whoever wrote it should give up English period.

I found this as well. Not only was the prose bad, but "the girl" "the mother" and "the child" are all ambiguous.

 

[MaxDepth]

Yay, Cincy...


Drug abuse and molestation. What a winner this guy is. (Click on the link for his picture.)

 

[sixone]

They had to test two OTHER guys, before they got a match on DNA? WTF?

 

[MmmSkyscraper]

Originally posted by: pcslookout
More less than you.

Stick to something on your level like posting "Does having Caps Lock on affect my performance?" 50 times.

 

[dainthomas]

Originally posted by: MmmSkyscraper

Originally posted by: SunnyD
Is it just me, or was it really physically painful trying to read and comprehend what the author was actually trying to convey there. I mean seriously, everything came out like disjointed sentence fragments and stuff. I'm still trying to figure out how this all translates to being a great grandmother, and who raped who, and who's the mom...

Agreed, it's a complete clusterfuck. Whoever wrote it should give up English period.

Mmmm, ironing.

 

[MmmSkyscraper]

Originally posted by: dainthomas
Mmmm, ironing.

Teh ironing not found.

 

[silverpig]

Originally posted by: sixone
They had to test two OTHER guys, before they got a match on DNA? WTF?

It's like one of those Maury episodes where the chick is back for the 5th time with a different guy for a paternity test.

"Okay Maury, this GOTS to be da guy. I know it."

"You are... NOT the father."

*guy jumps around
*chick hangs her head in shame

"Tune in next time when we test the next guy Kristi thinks could be the father of her child."

 

[jagec]

Originally posted by: Nocturnal
That is so sad that the mother still allowed the boyfriend to be there even after her own daughter was pregnant. That says a lot about our society.

I don't think this situation is anything like the normal state of society.

 

[MmmSkyscraper]

Originally posted by: jagec

Originally posted by: Nocturnal
That is so sad that the mother still allowed the boyfriend to be there even after her own daughter was pregnant. That says a lot about our society.

I don't think this situation is anything like the normal state of society.

QFT, the mother is just fucked up in the head.

 

[SunnyD]

Originally posted by: silverpig

Originally posted by: MmmSkyscraper

Originally posted by: SunnyD
Is it just me, or was it really physically painful trying to read and comprehend what the author was actually trying to convey there. I mean seriously, everything came out like disjointed sentence fragments and stuff. I'm still trying to figure out how this all translates to being a great grandmother, and who raped who, and who's the mom...

Agreed, it's a complete clusterfuck. Whoever wrote it should give up English period.

I found this as well. Not only was the prose bad, but "the girl" "the mother" and "the child" are all ambiguous.

I'm glad it's not just me. I thought I lost complete mastery over the English language for a minute there.

 

[Cdubneeddeal]

I thought the thread was about Mosh..

 

[imported_yovonbishop]

I found the article confusing, but in the end figured out that it was "the girl" who was raped and "the mother" who's irresponsible for letting it happen and perhaps "the child" meant "the girl" or "her baby". Either way, it's sad.