Authorities in Oklahoma try to establish how a girl under 12 became pregnant with a man of 24 with whom he was in a relationship and why no one alerted the police to the crime.
In Oklahoma, the legal age to consent to a sexual act is 16 .
Juan Miranda-Jara, from 24 years, faces charges of rape in the first degree after doctors at a hospital in that state called the police shortly after the couple arrived at the scene to have her
The adult and the girl arrived at Tulsa hospital on 14 July.
Hispano left the hospital handcuffed
Miranda-Jara was waiting leave as if nothing of the place become a father. But instead of the above, he came out handcuffed after the girl gave birth. The medical staff knew something was wrong when they verified the girl’s age.
Fox’s report 23 indicates that when they were arresting, the Hispanic did not seem to understand that he was suspected of committing a crime and was limited to saying that he was the father of the baby.
The spokesman of the Tulsa police, Danny Bean, declared to the television station: “They entered there like any other couple would, excited that their baby would be born.”
In a photo that transcended the media Press both seem to be posing in a “baby shower”, which suggests that the families would agree with the prohibited relationship .
Miranda- Jara remains detained under a bail of $ 50, 000.
Social workers in the state also investigate the circumstances of the relationship.