Virginia Woman Indicted in Child Abuse Case - Updated

(Front Royal, Virginia) Last week, 27-year-old local woman, Kristal Renee Henry, was indicted on two counts of sodomy on a child under 13.

The crimes allegedly took place sometime between June 11 and 13, according to court documents.

A criminal complaint filed in court says that Henry admitted during an interview with investigators to having oral sex with the boy. The charge is punishable by a prison term ranging from five years to life.

A court appearance for Henry has been scheduled for next month. Meanwhile, she is being held without bond.

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Virginia Babysitter, 26, and Boy, 11
[Previous 7/12/10 post]
(Front Royal, Virginia) A 26-year-old local woman, Kristal Renee Henry, was arrested last week for allegedly engaging in sexual activity with an 11-year-old boy.

Henry is charged with two counts of forcible sodomy stemming from incidents allegedly occurring on June 11 and June 13.

According to investigator Steven Goldizen of the Warren County Sheriff's Office, Henry admitted to performing oral sex on the boy.

In an affidavit for a search warrant of the victim's residence on file in Circuit Court, Goldizen says authorities were contacted by the victim's father regarding a letter the father found indicating his son was "kissing and sleeping with their 26 years old babysitter."[…]

Goldizen says that the arrangement that Henry had with the victim's parents was that she could live in a basement bedroom in exchange for baby-sitting their children three days a week.

In an initial interview with Henry, Goldizen says that she denied sexually abusing the victim and told him that she had lived at the victim's residence for two months as the children's babysitter in exchange for room and board.

Goldizen says that when investigator Nelson-Haas interviewed the victim on Tuesday, the boy "stated that Kristal Henry and him had oral sex and touching of their private parts on each other with the last date on 24th and 25th of June at the [victim's] residence."

Henry was booked into custody. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for August 19.