It was one of the most bizarre sex crimes in recent Tulsa history. Now it’s over, and both adults involved are headed to prison.

The 12-year-old girl showed up a Hillcrest Hospital in midtown Tulsa in July 2021 in labor.

The father-to-be apparently expected to walk out with the girl and their new bundle of joy.

“They walked in just like any other couple would, excited to deliver their newborn child,” Tulsa Police Officer Danny Bean told FOX23 News in 2021.

When the child, well below the age of consent, showed up to give birth, doctors immediately called Tulsa Police to report what was happening.

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    How is this going to work out legally for the girl and her baby? The girl isn’t even old enough to have her own bank account. Is she old enough to make parental decisions for her baby? Will the state take the baby away from her?

    As terrible as it is, I wonder if that might be for the best.

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          The good outcome would have been someone shooting the mother and the rapist before they traumatized the poor kid.

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            I feel terrible for agreeing with this, but it’s true. This poor little girl literally would have been less traumatized if someone just killed her parents.

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      From the many times I’ve seen this type of incident on the news (unfortunately), they usually place the baby in the care of relatives first if possible.

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        If theres a responsible relative who wants their nieces/granddaughters/cousins rapists baby…sure.

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          The baby of a rapist is still just a baby and I believe that most people consider them equally deserving of care as any other baby.

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          I think most people would at least consider it. Ultimately the child is innocent, and related to you by blood. Totally understandable that the mother may not want to raise a child like resulting from rape, but for the rest of the family the relationship to the child is the same as any other niece or cousin or whatever.

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          the baby didn’t do anything wrong, and deserves to be loved and cared for just like any other baby.