Child’s Death Stalls Rape Case

Rape Child Abuse A Chickasaw family fears justice will slip through their fingers after the alleged victim in a child rape case is killed in a car crash.

by Jessica Taloney

Published: Tue, March 18, 2008 - 9:00 pm CST Last Updated: Thu, April 03, 2008 - 8:05 pm CST

With a big smile and a bright personality, it's hard to believe Rebecca McEvoy could live with such a dark secret.
"It hurt, it hurt me more than anything," said Nina Tucker, remembering the day her 11-year-old sister told her she was being sexually abused by their step-father, who was also a Chickasaw police officer.
"I have so much hatred toward him and that is horrible to say because you're not supposed to hate anybody," said Tucker.
Corporal Bob Ingle was arrested in 2006 and charged with three counts of sexually assaulting Rebecca. He was kicked-off the police force, but now Rebecca's family fears he may never face a judge.
"It's hard for us to sleep at night. We lay in bed and not only have the thought of her but to know what she had to suffer the last couple years of her life," said Theresa Jordan, one of the eleven year old's cousins.
Over and over, Tucker says Rebecca talked about the abuse-- to police and to counselors. The family was preparing for the case to go before a Grand Jury, but in a tragic twist of fate, Rebecca was killed in a car crash two months ago. Now Tucker and Jordan fear the case may not go forward.
"That hurts like crazy," said Tucker sobbing through the interview. "To add on top of all that you have this case that might not be heard because she's no longer here."
Tucker says the family has been told that without Rebecca's testimony a Grand Jury may never hear the case. A judge was scheduled to hear the evidence twice, but both times the hearing has been postponed.
Rebecca's cousin has created an online petition to ask the court to make sure the case is heard on April 2nd.

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BamaGurlie73 Says:

Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 7:21 am

This blows my mind. I may not be an expert but what I don’t understand is how is this case different than a homicide going to trial? Those key witnesses are not present but they have prosecutors who speak for them. This man committed a serious and horrible crime toward this precious little girl and just because she is no longer here doesn’t give him the right to walk the streets just to do this again.

My heartfelt prayers go to Rebecca’s family

jacey Says:

Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 7:04 am

Major problem with the system is court being postponed. I know of a person that has taken off work six times and each time court has been postponed. It seems that justice for Rebecca is being ignored. Where is our district attorney? All my love to Rebeccas family and let justice prevail for Rebecca.