RINGGOLD, Ga. – A nurse testified Thursday that two of three children alleged to be victims of child molestation by a former kindergarten teacher showed signs of abuse.
Sexual assault nurse examiner Sharon Anderson said when she took the stand in the Catoosa County Superior Court trial of Tonya Craft that two of the girls showed “suspicious” physical signs “that were consistent with sexual abuse.”
Ms. Anderson was the first expert witness in the trial of Ms. Craft, a former Chickamauga Elementary School teacher charged with 22 counts of child molestation, aggravated sexual battery and aggravated child molestation. Three children allegedly were involved.
Asked by one of Ms. Craft’s defense attorneys how she knew the children were sexually abused, Ms. Anderson said she did not know for certain that it was sexual abuse. But she said the report showed physical abnormalities in two of the girls and was based on specific characteristics seen during a medical examination.
“I make my decision on experience and what we consider normal,” she testified.