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She got pregnant with S about five weeks before she turned 16 (if my cipherin' is correct) that's the only proof they have that there was any sexual relations prior. There were pics of them laying in his bed together well before that, and there were open FB posts about her going on vacation with him, and his family, as far back as 2011. Everyone who knows about a minor, in a statutory rape situation is accountable to turn it in, parents included. So... I guess her parents could have been charged for not reporting the romance same as his, and him. It's four years difference in a county filled with her kin and living in the middle of BFE. One is lucky to find someone that isn't related to them. There was 13 years between my first spouse, there was 18 years between one set of my grandparents. Call it what you will, but I personally don't see it as criminal. Loose dating restrictions on her parents part? Yes. Ignorance on his part? Yes
To me if a girl is 20 and her BF is 24, the difference is negligible. If a girl is 18 and her BF is 22, the same.
But if a girl is 14 and her BF is 18 that is a whole different matter. A 14 year old girl has no business dating an 18 year old boy. To put it in perspective, that is the difference between a girl in the 8th grade, which is middle school and a boy who is a senior in high school. The same applies to an 18 year old girl dating a 14 year old boy. Too much age difference in that age range. There is a lot of maturity to be gained between the ages of 14 and 18.
I would most definitely report any such relationship I knew about to the authorities.
JMO