WOLFE COUNTY, Ky. (LEX 18) — An arrest warrant reveals that a Wolfe County man was arrested on rape and child abuse charges on June 2.

According to the warrant, Jonathan King is charged with two counts of first-degree criminal abuse of a child 12 or under, two counts of first-degree strangulation, first-degree rape, first-degree unlawful imprisonment, and third-degree terroristic threatening.

The warrant states the mother of the child contacted social services and "admitted to hitting the child in the head, back, and the mouth as well as choking her" along with her boyfriend, King.

The warrant details that the mother admitted that she and King sexually assaulted the child on "multiple occasions." Further, the mother stated that King reportedly "threatened to beat them all in the head wi

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