Overview
- A Muskogee County jury found Cherie Dawn Walker guilty of one count of enabling child sexual abuse and six counts of child neglect, and jurors recommended life sentences on each count on Friday.
- The case began in August 2025 when emergency responders found the 11-year-old had just given birth at home without prenatal care and the child was taken to a hospital for treatment.
- DNA testing reported by prosecutors showed with about 99 percent certainty that Dustin Joel Walker, the girl’s stepfather, was the infant’s father.
- Dustin Walker pleaded guilty in March and was sentenced in June by Judge Timothy King to life in prison plus 42 years, ordered to register as a sex offender and barred from contact with the victims.
- Investigators described the home as living in severe neglect with no running water and unsanitary conditions, the children were removed by state officials, the maternal grandmother faces a separate neglect trial set for July 23, and prosecutors warned the victim will face long-term trauma and health needs.