Police: Heath confessed to raping 3-year-old girl
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The suspect, Dickey L. Heath, 32, of McMinnville is charged with rape of a child and sexual battery by an authority figure. He remains held under $500,000 bond at Warren County Jail awaiting preliminary hearing before Judge Larry Ross in General Sessions Court Sept. 7. The top charge of child rape carries up to 25 years in prison without chance of parole.
According to warrants against Heath, the suspect had been baby-sitting the 3-year-old girl and her younger brother when the incident happened. The rape reportedly occurred at the victim’s home where Heath was left in charge of the children. There is no allegation Heath victimized the boy as the suspect reportedly confessed to molesting the girl during questioning by investigators.