Opinion ID: 2370989
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Officer William Coon's Testimony

Text: Officer Coon of the Wamego Police Department was dispatched to talk to D.E.K.'s family when D.E.K.'s father reported she had admitted to having sex with an older man. Earlier that evening, Baughman had called and told Officer Coon that he had been confronted by D.E.K.'s mother who said that Baughman had had sex with D.E.K. Officer Coon interviewed D.E.K. about the July incident. She told him that after Baughman digitally penetrated her, she removed her shorts and underwear and Baughman pulled down his jeans and underwear and they began to have sex. Officer Coon asked D.E.K. what she meant when she said they had sex and she responded that sex was a man's penis in a woman's vagina. D.E.K. also told Officer Coon about the June incident. Officer Coon interviewed L.B. and M.H. He testified that there was nothing inconsistent between what these witnesses said and what D.E.K. had told him. Officer Coon interviewed Baughman. The interview was recorded and then played for the jury. A transcript of the interview was also admitted. Baughman at first denied being with D.E.K. on July 15. He told Officer Coon that he had called D.E.K. after the motorcycle rally and met her at the same place D.E.K. told Officer Coon that they had met. He also admitted he had been at the same place about a month before. At first Baughman denied having sex with D.E.K. Officer Coon told him that the police knew sex had occurred and all they were trying to figure out was whether it was consensual. Baughman advised that it was consensual sex at that point. Then he said he was not sure that his penis had actually been in her vagina. But he said that what he meant by sex was a man's penis in a woman's vagina. When Officer Coon asked Baughman to clarify, did he or did he not have sex with D.E.K., Baughman said that they may have had sex. Officer Coon asked him to further clarify and Baughman told the officer that at times he just talks around subjects, and then said that he meant that they had had sex. Baughman denied digitally penetrating D.E.K. Baughman said several times during the interview that he thought D.E.K. was 16 years old, not 15. He said they only had sex for a minute because he was uncomfortable with the age difference.