USA: 39yo HIV-Positive Baseball Coach, Who Raped His Girlfriend's 12yo Daughter 6 Times, Including Once On Her Birthday, FOUND GUILTY. Mom Caught Him, Held Him At Gunpoint Waiting For Police.

🚨NO WHITE SUPREMACISTS INVOLVED🚨

This news gets a 37 second blip in the local news. WOW. I couldn't find any other news reporting about this case. What if he was raping other little girls that he was exposed to as a youth baseball coach? The public needs to know so they can ask their children if they have ever been alone with him. Reporting about him being a child rapist is a matter of public safety. (emphasis mine)

KFOR Oklahoma's News 4 published Jan 25, 2024: Man allegedly molests young girl and possibly exposes her to HIV.

Law&Crime Network published August 7, 2024: 'Monster' HIV-Positive Baseball Coach Who Raped 12-Year-Old Girl Learns His Fate.

Donovan Sheppard entered a guilty plea last week to multiple charges of molestation, rape, and exposing someone to AIDS. Oklahoma authorities say the woman Sheppard was living with held him at gunpoint after she caught him assaulting her 12-year-old daughter. Law&Crime’s Jesse Weber breaks down Sheppard’s punishment with predator catcher and founder of TruBlu Chris Hansen.

Newsweek

HIV-Positive Baseball Coach Who Raped 12-Year-Old Girl Learns His Fate

written by Jenna Sundel, Reporter

Friday August 9, 2024

An Oklahoma youth baseball coach accused of raping a 12-year-old girl on multiple occasions could face life in prison after pleading guilty to several charges.

Donovan Sheppard, 39, pleaded guilty to three counts of first-degree rape of a minor under 14, two counts of lewd molestation, one count of rape by instrumentation, one count of exposing others to AIDS and one count of pattern of criminal offenses.

Sheppard was arrested on January 13. He had gotten into a bar fight in Moore and a woman he was living with picked him up. The two returned to her home in Oklahoma City. The woman allegedly found Sheppard sexually assaulting her daughter later that night.

The woman held Sheppard at gunpoint until authorities arrived.

Sheppard and the woman told police he was HIV-positive.

The 12-year-old told law enforcement that Sheppard had sexually assaulted her six times, including once on her birthday.

Before Sheppard pleaded guilty, he was scheduled to attend a preliminary hearing in the case last week.

He was sentenced to life in prison plus an additional 62 years. He will be eligible for parole after 35 years. He is also required to pay court fees and give money to the victim's compensation fund.

He is currently being housed at Cleveland County Jail in Norman.

Sheppard coached a youth baseball team called the Oklahoma Aftermath.

Chris Hansen, a journalist known for his series "To Catch a Predator," told Law & Crime that Sheppard is "the very definition of a predator."

"Who does this? A monster does this," Hansen said.

Hansen said the effects the victim will experience are "horrific and could last a lifetime."

"It's a horrible tragedy that this 12-year-old child, 12-year-old at least at the time of the offense, has to deal with. We can only hope for the best for her and that she gets the help and guidance she needs," Hansen said.

He said most child sexual assaults are committed by someone the victim knows, such as a family friend, relative or stepfather.

"It's a common predator tactic," Hansen said.

He also explained that while some predators can be rehabilitated and never reoffend, that is not always the case.

"There are the hardcore heavy hitters like this guy, lock them up. Lock them up forever," he said. "That's the end of it. You can't fix them."