Thursday (AP) A special prosecutor is expected to announce Thursday whether she’ll file charges against a Missouri man accused of raping a 14-year-old girl in Maryville two years ago when he was 17.

Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker is scheduled to appear Thursday afternoon before a judge in Maryville and give a statement to the media afterward.

Baker was appointed in October to re-examine claims by Daisy Coleman, who says she was raped by an older student at a party in January 2012. The Associated Press generally does not name alleged victims of sexual assault but is naming Daisy because she and her mother have granted public interviews.

Nodaway County prosecuting attorney Robert Rice previously dismissed felony charges and said the Colemans stopped cooperating with investigators.

 

Wednesday 2 p.m (AP) — A special prosecutor assigned to re-examine a northwest Missouri teen’s claims that she was sexually assaulted at age 14 by an older schoolmate is expected to address the media after speaking to a judge this week.

It wasn’t immediately clear what Jackson County prosecuting attorney Jean Peters Baker planned to discuss during Thursday’s hearing in Maryville. Her office has been tight-lipped about the case since Baker began investigating the Jan. 8, 2012, incident in October, and didn’t respond to calls seeking comment Wednesday.

Daisy Coleman says a 17-year-old boy raped her at a party when she was a Maryville High School freshman. Nodaway County prosecutor Robert Rice initially filed felony charges against the boy and another 17-year-old who recorded the incident on his cellphone, but those charges were later dropped.