Auxvasse man accused of raping youth

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

An Auxvasse man was charged this week with two counts of second-degree statutory rape.

Taylor Logan Brown, 25, is being held at the Callaway County Jail without bond. An initial court appearance is scheduled for 8:30 a.m. Wednesday at the Callaway County Courthouse.

The probable cause statement says that the youth was traveling with Brown on May 17 and stopped at his residence in Auxvasse around midnight. The victim was allegedly heading back to Monroe County but Brown convinced them to stay because it was late, the statement says.

Court documents describe a rape allegedly committed by Brown and the victim allegedly told law enforcement on Sunday that he had assaulted them in a similar fashion a year prior.

Brown allegedly denied the allegations to law enforcement and claimed his DNA could have ended up on the victim in another manner “instead of outright denying it,” court documents say. The statement says his residence if fewer than 100 yards away from North Callaway Middle School.