FAST FACTS:
18-year-old father charged with raping 8-DAY-old daughter
Father also faces second-degree battery charge
Child also suffered fractured skull in the reported attack

(Forrest City, AR, 9/02/2008) It's a heinous crime that sends chills down your spine. A teenage father, in Forrest City, Arkansas, is charged with raping the daughter he helped give life.

18-year-old Reginald Davis is behind bars, charged with raping his eight-day-old daughter Monday night.
Wednesday Davis made his first appearance in court. Because of the severity of the crime the judge increased Davis' bond from 50 to $100,00.

Safety concerns forced officials to hold his first appearance in court separately, away from other inmates.
Family members did not show up for his hearing, but Davis' mother told us by phone that, "he suffers from mental health issues."

Dr. Allen Battle is a psychologist with the UT Medical group.  He says, "seeking a baby is extremely rare." He says "so many of the patience have been exposed to this behavior themselves. When they were kids in their formative stages."

Police were told about the attack after the newborn girl was taken to Forrest City Medical Center.  Reports indicate Davis rode with the family to the hospital where she was treated for rape and a fractured skull.  The little girl's injuries were so bad she was transferred to the Arkansas Children's Hospital in Little Rock.  Davis' neighbors are appalled.

"It's scary to know if he'd do it to a child what do you think about someone he might see in the streets or something," worried Diane Mullins.

Davis doesn't live with the 15-year-old mother of his child.  He listed a home on Wilson as his address.  Investigators say Davis was visiting the child's mother when the reported attack occurred. Police say when the teenage mother finished showering for bed, she came out and there was blood on the child.

We didn't get a warm reception when we went to talk to Davis' family. "Just leave."

Police tell us Davis doesn't have an adult criminal history. But senior Shamaya Goss remembers Davis from his days at Forrest City High.

"He would like get in trouble a lot. I don't know what type, but he was a trouble maker."
Davis is scheduled to make his first court appearance Wednesday afternoon. No charges have been filed against the mother, but in child abuse cases all family members are considered suspects.

http://www.wreg.com/global/story.asp?s=8941220

Wow.....U have become the-extremely-disturbing-crime guy, if it weren't for u, I wouldn't have read stories like these.

On Topic: That is HORRIBLE, things like is reasons y I'm slowly giving up faith in humanity and morals.

I think he should be butt raped by a whale as punishment.

this guy had a child when he was 10? what century is this?

8 days old not 8 yrs old.

He's gonna get killed in prison. I know others will disagree with my response, but, good riddance.

that really needs to be bolded; i was confused too.

 how someone gets the idea to do these things are beyond me. i don't know if she's fortunate or not to be extremely young when this happened; would she remember?

sickening.

lol completely messed that up.

what a sicko that guy is, he is a disgrace to human kind.

Most of the time acts like this are a sign of SEVERE mental disorders, which one can only hope is the case here. Obviously the man needs to be examined to see if he has legitimate problems, or is just slime. If it turns out to the latter, throw that bastard into Gen. Pop. and see how long he lasts (lil' hint: less than a day)

i dont think you will find many who will disagree with that.