Day Care Worker Arrested For Allegedly Raping a Four Year Old Boy
(New York-WABC, March 1, 2006) - A 37-year-old day care worker was arrested for allegedly raping and sexually abusing a four-year-old boy, police say.
Eyewitness News Reporter Jeff Pegues is in South Ozone Park with details.
Sources tell us in what amounts to a bizarre confession that the suspect is actually accusing the four-year-old boy of seducing her. But police are not buying that explanation as they investigate several instances of rape and sexual abuse inside the day care center over a six-week period. Detectives led the suspect away to central booking in handcuffs. She's facing 25 years behind bars if she's found guilty.
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She did not respond when asked if she had anything to say about the charges. The 37-year-old is accused of the rape and sexual abuse of a little boy at this day care facility, where today, parents appeared blindsided by the charges.
Some have known the suspect -- a teacher's aide -- for four years.
"She's a very nice lady..very nice lady," a parent said.
But if the charges are true, Khenwatie Bedessie is a monster who preyed on a little boy in her care.
According to police, in the early morning hours and during the children's naptime at the facility, she would allegedly separate the four-year-old from the other children, and take him into a bathroom where police say she would sexually abuse him. Queens District Attorney Richard Brown: "The child I fear will never recover from the emotional trauma that was allegedly inflicted upon him."
