๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ฐ๐๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ฒ: ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐จ๐ง ๐๐๐ง ๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐๐ญ๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฉ๐
๐๐ข๐ฌ๐๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ซ: ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ง๐จ๐๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ง ๐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ฐ. ๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐, ๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐๐๐, ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐๐. ๐๐ก๐ ๐ข๐ง๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฌ๐ก๐๐ซ๐๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ณ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ ๐๐ญ๐๐ญ๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ.
On March 8, 2026, deputies with the Callaway County Sheriffโs Office responded to a request for a joint investigation regarding a hotline of sexual abuse. The report alleged Phillip Charles Likes and two children, 8- and 14-year-old sisters. A forensic interview was scheduled.
During the forensic interview, the 14 year old victim, V1, reported that the first time something happened with Likes was when she was 11 years old, when she was in the 6thย grade. V1 advised during this incident at their residence in Fulton, Missouri, Likes provided her alcohol, and she was really drunk and kept blacking out. V1 said Likes hurt her private area, indicating her vag*na, and that it hurt worse the following day as she had never done that before. V1 reported the pain was caused by Likes putting his โd*ckโ inside her while holding her wrists down. V1 stated she could not get Likes off her, and she could not even move herself. V1 further reported having marks on her wrists after the encounter and that it hurt to pee or wipe. V1 reported Likes assaulted her a couple more times from August 2022 to January 2024, when V1 was 12 years old and moved.
V1 reported that while driving to the store, Likes grabbed the back of her head and pushed her head down to his genitals so she would perform oral sex on him. Likes reportedly had her by her hair and was moving her head up and down, and it only stopped after he finished. V1 further reported that during another trip to the store, Likes stopped in a sandy area and parked while it was dark. Likes proceeded to open her door, pull her legs out of the truck, and remove her pants. V1 stated Likes then forced himself into her again and stopped after a few minutes. Likes then proceeded to drive to the store, where V1 remained in the car and cried.
V1 reported Likesโ penis is โvery smallโ and that he would provide her with nicotine products, toys, and candy.
In the interview with the 8 year old, V2, she reported that when she was 6 to 7 years old, Likes showed her his pen*s. V2 reported Likes showed her inappropriate stuff that she is not supposed to see, and that it was his โwienerโ. V2 further reported that Likes tilted her head down to his hand while smiling, and thatโs when she saw him rubbing his pen*s. She reported running to her room, locking the door, and Likes chasing her down while naked and banging on the door.
Likes was later interviewed by investigators. Likes admitted that he had memory of V1 getting on top of him and them having sex. Likes stated the accusations were possible and said if V1 and V2 were present he would apologize to them for any pain he caused. Likes also admitted to holding his wifeโs wrists down while they have sex, similarly to how V1 described Likes holding her wrists down.
Likes is now charged with two counts of statutory rape in the first degree, statutory sodomy, sexual misconduct involving a child under 15 years old, and child molestation in the first degree.
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