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LaFayette woman charged with statutory rape

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photo Crystal Cothren

LAFAYETTE, GA. — Crystal Cothren’s neighbors say they understand why the 20-year-old woman was dating a 15-year-old boy. “He looked like he about 24, 25,” says one neighbor. “He was built like a natural man.”

However, Cothren’s mister right turned out to be all wrong and police say she knew it.

“She told us she knew how old he was. It’s not an issue of I didn’t know,” says LaFayette Police Chief Bengie Clift.

Read more at WRCB.