Mother sentenced to 7 consecutive life phrases after her 11-year-old daughter offers beginning to her husband’s child

A lady in Oklahoma, United States, has been sentenced to seven consecutive life sentences after failing to guard her 11-year-old daughter from sexual abuse after which permitting the kid to provide beginning at dwelling with out medical help after she grew to become pregnant together with her husband’s little one.

Cherie Walker was sentenced to seven consecutive life sentences by a Muskogee County decide on Friday, October 30, 2026, per Oklahoma City Fox affiliate, KOKL and public Muskogee County court docket data reviewed by PEOPLE.

Walker, 34, was charged with one rely of kid sexual abuse and 6 counts of kid neglect in August 2025 after authorities discovered that her 11-year-old daughter had given beginning to a child contained in the household’s dwelling with out prenatal care or medical help on August 16, 2025, in keeping with experiences from native shops.

In a press release to KOTV on the time, Muskogee County Assistant District Attorney Janet Hutson stated that each Walker and her husband, Dustin Walker, claimed that they didn’t know the kid was pregnant when she gave beginning.

“This child is traumatized,” Hutson instructed KOTV on the time. “She’s been through a horrific ordeal. I mean, not only has somebody gotten her pregnant, but she gave birth at home without medical assistance, and this will be her life for the rest of her life.”

In one other assertion to KJRH, the district legal professional’s workplace stated that DNA testing confirmed that Walker’s husband — the kid’s stepfather — was the newborn’s father.

The Muskogee County district legal professional’s workplace didn’t instantly reply to PEOPLE’s request for remark.

Prosecutors later argued that Walker knew her husband was sexually abusing her daughter however did nothing to cease it. She was convicted on all seven felony counts on July 17, 2026, in keeping with public Muskogee County court docket data reviewed by PEOPLE.

The little one’s stepfather pleaded responsible to felony little one sexual abuse and neglect costs in March.

He was later sentenced to life in jail, per the outlet

The little one’s grandmother, Michelle Justus, was additionally charged in relation to the case, as prosecutors argued that she knew sexual abuse was occurring throughout the family and did nothing to cease it.