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Missouri man charged with child molestation in Walker County

Chattanooga Times Free Press - 7/30/2018

July 30--LaFayette, Ga., police arrested a Missouri man earlier this month on charges of aggravated child molestation and aggravated sodomy.

According to an incident report, David Howard Kyle sexually assaulted a girl who was about 4 years old multiple times over several months while she lived on Foster Mill Drive in LaFayette. Kyle's sister called the police in February 2017, after she learned about the allegations.

The girl had not been around Kyle for several months when, last year, she saw him and began to cry. She said he had sexually abused her several times. Kyle's sister then called her local sheriff's office, in Madison County, Illinois.

The girl then said that Kyle, 36, raped her several times while they were alone. He allegedly locked a bedroom door and kept her inside. The girl underwent a forensic interview in Illinois.

During the investigation, a detective learned that Kyle was accused of also raping his ex girlfriend's daughter, who was also a child. The crime allegedly occurred while he lived in Ellijay, Ga. Investigators were not sure whether the Ellijay Police Department of the Gilmer County Sheriff's Office worked that case. (Calls to both offices were not immediately returned today.)

In April 2017, a woman who lived with Kyle in LaFayette told an investigator that the girl complained about pain in her groin. The woman said the girl did not tell her why she was hurting

While the investigation began last winter, Kyle was booked in the Walker County Jail on July 19, according to the sheriff's office's records. LaFayette Police Chief Benji Clift did not immediately return a call or email about the case today.

In February 2017, the Madison County, Illinois, Sheriff's Office listed Kyle's address in Granite City, Illinois. In April 2017, the LaFayette Police Department listed his address as Tallapoosa, Missouri.

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