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Migrant Father Sentenced to 12-15 years for Daughter's Rape, Prompting Calls for DOJ Investigation
MARLBOROUGH, MASSACHUSETTS, JUL 17 – Ronald Joseph was sentenced to 12-15 years after pleading guilty to repeatedly raping his 14-year-old daughter at a Massachusetts migrant shelter, resulting in her pregnancy.
- Ronald Joseph, a 44-year-old migrant living in a Marlborough shelter, admitted to sexually assaulting his 14-year-old daughter, resulting in her pregnancy, and was sentenced on July 11, 2025, to 12 to 15 years in prison.
- From the fall of 2023 through spring 2024, Joseph and his daughter lived together in a state-operated hotel shelter, during which time concerns about the teenager’s pregnancy prompted reports to police and social services, ultimately leading to Joseph’s arrest on January 31, 2025.
- On January 24, 2025, investigators confirmed through DNA analysis that Joseph was the genetic father of both the victim and her baby, with the probability estimated to be twenty-three trillion times greater than not.
- Adults at the shelter and the victim's school raised concerns about the pregnancy with child protective services, leading to the victim being placed in care and removed from the shelter while the investigation continued.
- The case highlighted widespread abuse issues in state-run migrant shelters, prompting Governor Maura Healey to order inspections and phase out hotel shelters, planning to close remaining ones by July 31, 2025.
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Migrant father pleads guilty to rape after teen daughter’s pregnancy
A Haitian migrant pleaded guilty to a rape charge after a DNA test proved that he was the father of his teenage daughter’s baby, Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan’s office said. The man, who MassLive is not identifying so as not to identify his daughter, pleaded guilty to aggravated rape of a child for sexually assaulting a 14-year-old female victim who was known to him.
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