Per reports, he then-22-year-old defendant, Joseph, reportedly began communicating with an 11-year-old girl via dating app. Eventually, their conversations became romantic in nature, and the girl agreed to meet up with the 22-year-old man at his home.
Seizing the opportunity, he drove the child to his home, where the girl says she accidentally fell asleep. The girl told investigators that she felt strange when she woke up at the defendant’s apartment, feeling like something se-ual had happened to her.
A few weeks later, she told investigators that the defendant had se* with her, which the authorities confirmed through a DNA sample in the child’s underwear. Read the full story here ▶
