Crime & Safety

Ballwin Mother Sentenced For Violating Infant Daughter

Tessa Vanvlerah, of Ballwin was sentenced this week for allowing and participating in the rape of her infant daughter, according to the Post-Dispatch and KMOV.

As previously reported by Patch, following allegations that she and an assistant college professor violated the woman's infant daughter.

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The Post-Dispatch also reports that Vanvlerah and the college professor both also face federal charges of production of child pornography. The professor, Kenneth Kyle, 47, is reportedly already in custody on a California child sex abuse charge. The Post reports that the FBI found more than 100 child porn images were sent from Kyle's computer.


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