A St. Petersburg man has been arrested after his 12-year-old niece gave birth, officials say.
The case started at around 10:30 p.m. on July 16, when the Pinellas Park Police Department responded to Helen Howarth Park about a child that had been born.
Police say the newborn child and the mother, a 12-year-old girl, were both taken to a hospital for treatment and are healthy.
Detectives say the 12-year-old was unaware that she was pregnant but disclosed that she was the victim of multiple sexual battery and molestation incidents by her uncle in the past year at a home in Pinellas Park.
The uncle, Delfin Back, 61, was taken into custody and booked into the Pinellas County Jail for capital sexual battery, according to the police department.