Missouri Woman Guilty of Sex with Boy - Updated

(Fulton, Missouri) Forty-eight-year-old Callaway County woman Melody R. Link appeared in court yesterday and pleaded guilty to one count of statutory rape. She admitted to engaging in sex with a 16-year-old boy an estimated 50 times.

According to court documents, the relationship included intercourse and oral sex and had occurred on a near-daily basis since August 2008 in a house rented by Link on Forest Avenue near Hickman High School.

The teenager told police Melody Link provided him and his friends with food, cigarettes, alcohol, marijuana and the capabilities to view adult movies, court documents said. When police interviewed witnesses, two of them said they saw Link and the 16-year-old having sexual intercourse at the Forest Avenue home.

Link faces a possible seven years in prison when sentenced. No sentencing date was reported.

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Missouri Woman Accused of Sex with Boy
[Previous 1/16/09 post]
(Columbia, Missouri) A 47-year-old local woman, Melody Link, was arrested yesterday for allegedly engaging in sex with a 16-year-old boy.

Allegedly, Link has had an ongoing relationship with the boy since August 2008. Link has been charged with statutory rape and sodomy.

Link owns a home on Eagle Trace Dr. in the Eagle Knoll subdivision, however, she rented a house on Forest Avenue in Columbia - across from Hickman High School.

Police reports indicate that the teenager and Link engaged in intercourse and oral sex daily since August. Reports also note that Link provided the teen and his friends with food, cigarettes, alcohol and marijuana.

Columbia Police say they are looking into the possibility there are more victims.

Link was booked into the Boone County Jail and later released on $13,500 bond.