Trial set to begin for man in sexual assault of girl, 12

Brodrick Walker
Brodrick Walker

NEW BOSTON, Texas-Opening arguments and testimony are expected to get underway this morning in the trial of a 28-year-old man accused of sexually assaulting a 12-year-old girl in 2011.

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A jury of six men and six women was selected Tuesday at the Bowie County Courthouse in New Boston to decide if Walker is guilty of assaulting the girl in her bedroom Dec. 16, 2011. Walker was at the girl's home the night of the alleged assault playing video games with her brother and another young man, according to a probable cause affidavit used to create the following account.

The girl's parents questioned her about Walker after he reportedly returned to their home to find a missing $20 he said he accidentally dropped while he was there. The girl's parents became concerned when Walker allegedly found the dropped cash on the floor of their daughter's bedroom.

The girl told her parents Walker allegedly threatened to harm her if she told anyone he sexually assaulted her. The girl told a forensic interviewer at the Children's Advocacy Center in Texarkana she was in bed when Walker entered her room in the early morning hours. She reported that Walker asked if she'd ever had sex and that when she replied she had not, Walker assaulted her in various ways.

Walker allegedly denied any wrongdoing when first contacted by investigators. But when confronted with polygraph results, Walker began claiming he simply didn't recall what happened. DNA samples collected from the girl's body and her bedding allegedly link Walker to the crime.

This morning, the jury is expected to hear instructions from 102nd District Judge Bobby Lockhart and opening arguments before the first of the state's witnesses takes the stand. Walker faces five to 99 years or life in prison on each of two counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child.

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