{"id":325905,"date":"2025-08-07T18:53:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T18:53:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/325905\/"},"modified":"2025-08-07T18:53:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T18:53:11","slug":"court-docs-reveal-abuse-allegations-against-missing-girls-caregivers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/325905\/","title":{"rendered":"Court docs reveal abuse allegations against missing girl&#8217;s caregivers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two people allegedly involved in the disappearance of a five-year-old girl Oklahoma City metro have been charged, according to police. New court documents detail abuse allegations against Joshua Denton, the boyfriend of the child&#8217;s mother, Ashley Rowland.<\/p>\n<p>According to court documents, now-5-year-old London Kerr was reported missing in April of 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Rowland was later arrested. Police say Rowland told investigators she gave Kerr away to a man who sold her methamphetamine. Court documents allege Rowland later told police she believed the man she said she gave London to was the child&#8217;s father.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators have not been able to find the man they say Rowland claims she gave London to.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.news9.com\/story\/672a1d2de5d4abd673b3609f\/moore-mother-arrested-as-police-search-for-missing-5-year-old\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Moore Mother Arrested As Police Search For Missing 5-Year-Old<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Rowland later bonded out of jail while her bond was set at $3,000, before a judge could set it to a higher amount.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.news9.com\/story\/672ee1209ba8ebde01d0862d\/mother-accused-of-giving-daughter-to-drug-dealer-bonds-out-of-jail\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Mother Accused Of Giving Daughter To Drug Dealer Bonds Out Of Jail<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now, police say Rowland and another of Kerr&#8217;s caretakers, 40-year-old Joshua Denton, have been arrested and charged with multiple counts relating to abuse towards Kerr and other children.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.news9.com\/story\/68939d06416a9b021b080099\/missing-okc-child-5-year-old-not-seen-since-2022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Missing OKC Child: 5-year-old not seen since 2022, 2 people arrested<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Court documents say Denton has been charged with multiple counts, including six counts of child abuse, as well as forcible sodomy and lewd or indecent acts toward a minor.<\/p>\n<p>Rowland has been charged with two counts of enabling child abuse.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information is urged to contact the\u00a0Oklahoma City Police Department Homicide Tip Line\u00a0at\u00a0(405) 297-1200\u00a0or\u00a0Crime Stoppers\u00a0at\u00a0(405) 235-7300.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE ALSO: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.news9.com\/story\/67381bcea0057f2d88c4c217\/moore-police-release-new-photos-in-search-for-missing-child\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Moore Police Release New Photos In Search For Missing Child<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two people allegedly involved in the disappearance of a five-year-old girl Oklahoma City metro have been charged, according&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":325906,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7757],"tags":[117509,748,393,4884,117508,257,117510,18609,117511,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-325905","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-london","8":"tag-ashley-rowland","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-joshua-denton","13":"tag-london","14":"tag-london-kerr","15":"tag-oklahoma-city","16":"tag-oklahoma-city-police-department","17":"tag-uk","18":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114989000555899861","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325905","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=325905"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325905\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/325906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=325905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=325905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=325905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}