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MO man charged with rape of daughter

By Brian Hagen

09/12/2024

(KAIR)--A St. Joseph Missouri man has been charged with child sex-related crimes, and court documents name the victim as his now 14-year-old daughter.

KQ2-TV reports Ronald Hefley, this week, was charged by the Buchanan County Prosecuting Attorney with 1st degree statutory rape of a person less than 14-years-old.

According to court documents, investigators learned, when the victim was hospitalized in July, giving birth, that genetic test results indicated the father of the baby to be a 1st degree relative of the 14-year-old girl. Knowing she would have been 13 at the time of pregnancy, and with genetic test results returned in recent days confirming the earlier results, Hefley was arrested, and charged.

The court documents state that investigators suspected Hefley, as they learned the teenaged victim had been kept from seeing her siblings for more than 2-years, ruling them out as suspects.

It's alleged that the crimes Hefley's charged with occurred, in Buchanan County, Missouri, between October 1 and October 31 of 2023.

He was arraigned Thursday, with his preliminary hearing scheduled for September 27.

Hefley remains in custody. His bond has been denied.

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