Crime

Man Accused of Brutally Beating Stepson Causing Brain Damage Now Faces Life in Prison For Allegedly Raping Girl Child

ST. CROIX — Kenyata Horsford, arrested in March for the alleged brutal beating of a boy who had to be airlifted for medical care, has been charged with rape and sexual assault for allegedly raping a girl child. He is now facing up to life in prison. Horsford, already imprisoned in connection with the incident involving the boy, appeared for his advisement hearing in the V.I. Superior Court via teleconference at the Golden Grove Correctional Facility Friday. According to the probable cause fact sheet, Horsford was charged with first-degree aggravated rape, first-degree unlawful sexual contact, aggravated child abuse and neglect, and visual medium depicting sexually explicit conduct. Details of the rape case per the affidavit are explicit and therefore won't be published here. They include multiple incidents of alleged aggravated sexual assault, including at a house and in a vehicle. The child was interviewed by police on March 23, according to the probable cause fact sheet. Presidi...