The Miller County Sheriff's Office announced today that the county prosecutor has brought additional charges against accused child abuser Aaron Michael Fisher, making him to be the first charged under a new law.
The 21-year-old Brumley man was first charged with two counts of felony sodomy and held without bond after he confessed to beating and sexually abusing his 5-month-old daughter Oct. 28. The prosecutor will now also be seeking charges of first degree assault, child abuse and two counts of forcible sodomy, according to the sheriff's press release.
Fisher will be the first person charged with forcible sodomy under Missouri's new law, which now carries a mandatory sentence of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole, probation or conditional release.
Punishment for first degree assault is 10 to 30 years or life in prison, and child abuse charges carries a maximum sentence of 15 years imprisonment.
The infant's mother, now named by the sheriff's office as Samantha Widman, 21, was also taken into custody earlier this week, charged with two counts of endangering the welfare of a child, a class C felony.
According to the release, the infant suffered several broken ribs days before the sexual assault and Widman allegedly failed to obtain medical care for her. Additionally, the release state the dangerous and unsanitary living conditions further endangered the baby and her 2-year-old brother.
Both children are now in the state's custody, although the baby's current condition is unknown. Both parents were scheduled to appear before Associate Judge Kenneth L. Oswald today (Nov. 4) for their arraignments.
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