Opinion ID: 2194874
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Heading: The Evidence of Sexual Abuse

Text: J.J. testified that on Friday morning, October 22, 1999, she accompanied her father (Mr. J.) to the apartment of appellant, who was Mr. J.'s neighbor. [3] During that visit Mr. J. left the apartment to run some errands, and while he was gone, J.J. fell asleep on appellant's couch. She was awakened by her father's knocking on appellant's door. As J.J. awoke, she was alarmed to find her pants pulled down and appellant's fingers inside her vagina, and so was his mouth. She immediately stood up and pulled up her pants, while appellant admonished her not to tell anyone or he would use that on her, pointing to a knife that was lying on a nearby table. He also offered J.J. twenty dollars to keep silent about the incident. After J.J. opened the door to let her father in, she and her father left and returned to his apartment. Once they were safely inside Mr. J.'s apartment with the door closed, J.J. told her father what had happened. Mr. J. promptly called the police, and when they responded, they interviewed J.J. and then took her to Children's Hospital. A nurse who examined her at the hospital testified that she found redness at the entrance of J.J.'s vagina.