Sheriff’s office spokesman Sgt. Don Thompson said detectives arrested
William Paul Gaskin, 40, on April 29 for sexually abusing a 3-year-old girl while he was babysitting her. The spokesman said
the roommate of the child’s parents came home, found Gaskin abusing the child and reported it to the child’s mother, who later called sheriff’s deputies.
According to Thompson, on Aug. 18, while Gaskin was still in jail,
a father and former roommate of Gaskin told Beaverton police his 5-year-old daughter had also been abused by Gaskin.
Gaskin would babysit her with his girlfriend, 22-year-old
Desiree Chapman, while the girl's father was at work.
The case was turned over to Washington County detectives.
The child told detectives Gaskin sexually abused her and Chapman was there when it occurred, Thompson said.
On Aug. 30, detectives served a search warrant at Gaskin’s home, where
they found evidence of the abuse of the 5-year-old girl, Thompson said.
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Sheriff’s detectives believe
Gaskin and Chapman babysat many children in the past and that Chapman may have solicited babysitting services.
Detectives are concerned
there may be more victims who have not reported the abuse because they are so young.
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