Overview

• Judge Kenneth Salinger imposed a 12–15-year prison sentence on July 17 after the father pleaded guilty to aggravated rape of his 14-year-old daughter.
• Forensic tests, including an extensive ultrasound and DNA analysis, established with high certainty that he was the biological father of the victim’s baby.
• The abuse took place from September 2023 to May 2024 at the Marlborough Holiday Inn shelter run by Eliot Community Human Services.
• Shelter staff and school officials reported the girl’s pregnancy to the Department of Children and Families, which placed her in protective care and removed the father from the premises.
• Jon Fetherston, the former shelter manager, has urged a Department of Justice investigation into fraud, misconduct and safety failures in taxpayer-funded migrant accommodations.