Oklahoma Man Charged With Rape After Taking Pregnant 12-Year-Old to Hospital

On July 14, the Tulsa Police Department were alerted to a potential rape after he brought the minor to a Tulsa-area hospital when she was due to give birth. When officers arrived at the scene, Miranda-Jara said that he was in a relationship with the 12-year-old girl and had been since October 2020. “They walked in just like any other couple would be excited to deliver their newborn child," said TPD officer Danny Bean in a conversation with Fox 23.

Officers from the police department beleive that Miranda-Jara was expecting to go home as a father that day, and didn’t appear to believe he had engaged in anything illegal. “We don’t get this kind of call every day,” added Bean. “It certainly was a surprise for everyone involved.”

"The victim was at the hospital and was in labor delivering his child at the time," the Tulsa Police Department's statement reads. "Miranda-Jara admitted that he is the biological father of the 12-year-old's baby."

Miranda-Jara has been charged with first-degree rape of a minor, and is currently being held on $50,000 bond. While it’s not entirely clear what the relationship between the two is, officer Bean added that police “don’t believe this is incest at this time.” An investigation into the situation is ongoing, and police have said it’s unclear how they met and why the pregnancy wasn’t reported.

On Tuesday, a public defender assigned to Miranda-Jara entered a not guilty plea during an arraignment. At the moment, a preliminary hearing for the case is scheduled for August 26. According to Fox 23, the man previously posted about his relationship with the 12-year-old on social media. The baby was reportedly born without complications.