Dallis R. Odom, 26, of Viburnum, was arrested on June 25 on allegations of a second-degree statutory rape, a class D felony.

Crawford County Sheriff’s Det. Andrea Koenig wrote in her probable cause statement they had learned of a 16-year-old female who gave birth on May 22 with Odom as the suspected father. An interview was conducted with the juvenile, whom Koenig referred to as LC.

“LC reported that approximately September-October 2025, she was at (redacted), Steelville, Mo., with Dallis Odom, a 25-year-old male, AM (35-year-old female) and CM (42-year-old male), during which alcoholic beverages were being consumed,” Koenig wrote.

While there, LC said she and Odom went into AM’s bedroom where they engaged in sexual intercourse.

“LC further explained that before this incident, she expressed to Odom that she had feelings for him, and he advised that she had to wait because she was only 12 years of age at that time,” Koenig wrote.

Odom’s story was slightly different than what LC had reported.

He confirmed that on Oct. 27, 2025, on CM’s birthday, they were drinking alcohol, but said that LC “hopped on top of him.”

“He stated that he typically wakes up easily throughout the night; however, on that occasion, he did not. Odom advised that, to his knowledge, nothing occurred,” Koenig wrote. “Odom later stated that he asked LC, ‘If this was the case, are you going to tell them that you decided to just (expletive deleted) hop on?’ to which LC responded that she would.”

When he was given a pregnancy test and told he was the father, Odom said that he purchased diapers, a Pack ‘n Play, a car seat and other baby items.

They had decided to name the child after Odom, who was upset “after he decided that the baby wasn’t his.”

He claimed that during the estimated conception timeframe, he was out-of-state in Wisconsin.

“Odom also stated that the baby couldn’t be his because he doesn’t look like his other child, and that he knows what his babies look like when they come out,” Koenig wrote.

For a class D felony, the range of punishment is imprisonment in the custody of the Missouri Department of Corrections for no less than a year and no more than seven years, imprisonment for a special term that doesn’t exceed one year in the county jail or other authorized penal institution, a fine that doesn’t exceed $10,000 or both imprisonment and a fine.

Odom is currently being held in the Crawford County Jail with a $100,000 bond.

His next hearing is at 9 a.m. on July 9 before Judge Patrick Horsefield’s 42nd Circuit Court.