O. B. 12/26/1961, against Victim, a sixteen‐year‐old female fully identified in the reports. Haywood was Victim’s babysitter on multiple occasions. At all times relevant, Victim’s place of residence was in Zimmerman, Sherburne County, Minnesota. Victim [NAME REDACTED] Investigator Dowty, and she provided the following details regarding the assaults. The first incident occurred at Haywood’s residence when she was between four and seven years of age. Based on Victim [NAME REDACTED] in 2009, the incident occurred sometime between 2013 and 2017. They were in the living room watching a movie, seated on the couch together, and Haywood put his hands under both her pants and underwear to touch her skin around her vaginal area.
Victim identified not knowing that it was bad until later. She did not recall him saying anything. The second incident occurred at Haywood’s residence but in a different location than the first incident. Victim [NAME REDACTED] incident also took place on the couch while watching a movie. Victim [NAME REDACTED] was again between the age of four to seven. Haywood again put his hands under her pants and underwear to touch the skin in her vaginal area. He did not insert his fingers into her vagina. The third incident occurred at Haywood’s residence, within days of the second incident.
Victim woke up to her pants being off and her underwear on. She was in a bed. Haywood told her that another child [NAME REDACTED] had thrown up on her pants. Victim was unaware of any touching contact that occurred. The fourth incident was at Victim’s home in Zimmerman, Sherburne County, Minnesota, approximately three years ago. That incident would have occurred between Victim advised that she fell asleep on the couch and woke to Haywood with his hands under her pants and underwear, touching her skin.
Victim stated she thought Haywood might be asleep too, and when she moved, Haywood told her not to tell anyone, and he got up and left the room. Investigator Dowty conducted investigation into Haywood’s residence and determined he moved several times in the reported time frame, and resided in Wright County and Sherburne County. Investigator Dowty met with Witness, an eighteen‐year‐old male fully identified in the reports. Witness recalled that when he was eight years old and Victim was approximately five or six, Haywood made Witness and Victim [NAME REDACTED]. Witness recalled that Haywood was regularly in the bathroom checking in on them.
Investigator Dowty also spoke to Witness 2, who was the first person Victim [NAME REDACTED]. She corroborated Victim’s report to law enforcement with photographs of their conversation and photographs of a social media post Victim made regarding the sexual assault for sexual assault awareness month. Investigator Dowty attempted to speak to Haywood about the report. Haywood initially agreed to an interview, but did not appear for that interview and blocked Investigator Dowty’s number from further attempting contact with him.
