MUSKOGEE Co., Okla. (KFOR) — Authorities in Muskogee announced on Friday an additional
arrest in connection to an 11-year-old girl giving birth at home.

Police say 53-year-old Michelle Justus was arrested on child neglect charges.

Court documents reveal Justus witnessed the 11-year-old on the day she gave birth but disregarded informing authorities.

The Muskogee Police Department says its officers responded to a local hospital there on August 16 after getting a call that an 11-year-old had given birth at her home, in town, over an hour earlier. Dustin Walker, the child’s stepfather, and Cherie Walker, the child’s biological mother, were initially arrested and charged with child neglect. They were both booked on $100,000 bonds.

Oklahoma State Burau of Investigation (OSBI) confirmed results from a DNA test showing Dustin Walker was the father of the newborn baby.

Currently, Dustin Walker and Cheri Walker are both facing charges of with child neglect.

Police confirmed Dustin is being charged with child sexual abuse. Cherie is being charged with enabling child sexual abuse. The couple is also facing additional charges of child neglect tied to the 11-year-old and five of their other younger children.