Last week lawyers for Kelsey Peterson indicated that the boy she is accused of kidnapping and having a sexual affair with might be older than previously thought. The lawyer suggested that because the student shaves and has a mustache that he might be as old as sixteen. Since the boy is back in Mexico, James Martin Davis, Peterson’s attorney made a special request for his birth certificate. The age is vitally important to the case because if the boy were as old as sixteen or seventeen, some of the charges against Kelsey Peterson would be dropped, specifically statutory rape. The birth certificate is in. Kelsey Peterson is looking at serious charges because it has been proved that the boy is in fact, thirteen years old.
This revelation means that Kelsey Peterson is in huge trouble and that it might be best for James Martin Davis to begin a new strategy of defense and damage control. According to the Associated Press, the teen involved in the case was born in January of 1994 in Penjamo, Mexico. There is no question regarding the authenticity of the birth certificate. In fact, the birth certificate was handed over by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. As of date, Kelsey Peterson had not been charged with statutory rape, but in lieu of the document’s surfacing, it seems that it is just a matter of time before those charges are filed. Although government officials are sure of the validity of the birth certificate, James Martin Davis continues to question its authenticity.
Kelsey Peterson is just another one of many teachers who has been caught engaging in sexual activity with her students. However, Kelsey crossed international borders with her student when she took the boy to Mexico. This adds new dimension to the case and has resulted in additional charges. Crossing the US border to engage in sexual activity with a minor carries a sentence between ten years to life in prison as well as a fine of $250,000. These are federal charges. She also faces charges in her home state of Nebraska for kidnapping, child abuse, and what is known as contributing to the delinquency of a minor.
Now that the information is being released that the boy is in fact a minor, it will be interesting to see what type of plan her attorney devises next. Personally, I didn’t feel that his tactic was going to have much impact, and I seriously doubt that the boy’s age was ever truly in question. I suspect that the lawyer was simply trying to divert attention from his client, but I believe his ploy backfired. All that has been accomplished was for the public to have a reaffirmed commitment and decision that Kelsey Peterson is a child molester. The next move in the case will be to see if the victim come back to the United States, currently he is in Mexico and hasn’t been allowed to return to Nebraska since he is an illegal immigrant. However, I expect that Kelsey Peterson will be formally charged with child sexual abuse or statutory rape in the days to come.
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