Fulton woman charged with child sex crimes
Ryan Shiner
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
A woman was charged on Wednesday in Callaway County with a pair of child sex crimes.
Christina Barham, 57, of Fulton, was charged with sex abuse of a child younger than 14 years old and first-degree child molestation. She is being held at the Callaway County Jail without bond. A mugshot was not available. A court date has not been scheduled.
The probable cause statement says Barham made children ages 3 and 4 “practice” oral sex and made the two engage in sex acts multiple times. One of the people described as a witness said they did not remember the sexual abuse when they were 4 years old, but were able to detail the abuse that occurred when they were slightly older, the statement says.
The statement says that lasted several years and that one of the victims was made to engage in a sex act with a man when they were 11 or 12 years old.
The statement says Barham was also aware of a sexual “relationship” the victim had with a 28-year-old man when the victim was 15 years old in 2005. The man in question allegedly told law enforcement he was getting “parental permission,” the statement says. Barham allegedly denied knowing about it before admitting to knowing sexual acts occurred.