An Alabama man and his girlfriend have been convicted of raping the man’s 11-year-old son because he thought the boy might be gay.
Sean Brandon Cole, 29, and Khadeijah Moore, 21, both of Huntsville, were each convicted Tuesday of rape, sodomy and the sexual abuse of a child under the age of 12, AL.com reported. They each face life in prison, and sentencing is set for May 24.
Moore, who failed to show up for the trial, is considered a fugitive after the trial judge issued a warrant for her arrest Monday at the start of the proceedings.
Tim Douthit, the prosecutor on the case, told AL.com that the sexual assault took place over Thanksgiving 2016, while the boy, who has autism, was in Huntsville visiting his father for the holiday. The child lives in Georgia with his mother.
Cole allegedly found his son in a “compromising position” with another boy and became angry, Douthit said. In response, he made Moore have sex with the boy.
Moore raped and sodomized the boy, and she and Cole made the boy perform sex acts on her, AL.com reported.
The boy’s mother became suspicious once he returned to Georgia and started asking her questions about sex, AL.com reported. When he told her what Cole and Moore had done, she drove straight to Huntsville to talk to police.
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