EPD charges JC woman with rape of a child, incest
Published 9:45 am Wednesday, June 17, 2015
A woman wanted by the Elizabethton Police Department on charges of rape of a child and incest has turned herself in.
The Elizabethton Police Department said Amber N. Ray, 25, 2719 S. Roan St., Johnson City, turned herself in Monday night. Ray is now being held at the Carter County Detention Center on a $50,000 bond.
The EPD began an investigation in March into allegation of child sexual abuse that was reported to have happened in 2012 and 2013.
During an unrelated investigation by a separate jurisdiction, statements were made by two juveniles about incidents that occurred at a home in Elizabethton, and involved Ray.
The juvenile’s statements provided details of sexual contact between Ray and a child younger than 13.
After further investigation, the case was presented to a Carter County Grand Jury in May and Ray was indicted on charges of rape of a child and incest.
Since then, the EPD had been working to find and arrest Ray on those charges.
Ray is scheduled for Carter County Criminal Court on July 30.
