Photos: Tessa Teague and Jacob Reidy
A woman and her half brother are accused of being in an intimate relationship after a report was made by the woman’s estranged husband. Twenty-nine-year-old Tessa Teague and 18-year-old Jacob Reidy each face a felony count of incest.
According to a probable cause affidavit, a male went to the Marion County Sheriff’s Office on Oct. 3 and accused his estranged wife, identified as Teague, of having an incestuous relationship with her half brother, identified as Reidy. Teague and her husband had reportedly been separated since June, and he came across an old phone she used in his belongings. He says he powered it on, and the messenger was still active. He reportedly checked the messages and came across videos of Teague in sexual contact with another male. None of the videos showed the other male’s face, but the complainant said he spotted an identifiable tattoo and recognized the voice in one video.
Teague’s husband alleges the relationship began in May in Stone County, and then later moved to a trailer in Yellville with Reidy. The complainant said he never went inside the trailer, but one of his daughters had. The photos and videos from the phone were allegedly made in the trailer. The husband also claims Reidy was underage when the relationship began.
On Nov. 2, a deputy spoke with Teague’s mother, who reportedly claimed if the cops asked her about the incident, her daughter was going to say she and Reidy were first cousins and not half siblings. Three days later, a pair of deputies went to Teague’s residence, and she agreed to talk to them at the sheriff’s office. At the station, she reportedly said she would feel more comfortable if she had an attorney present.
Later that day, Reidy contacted the sheriff’s office and said he would be willing to go in and talk. At the sheriff’s office, authorities asked Reidy if he knew why they wanted to talk to him, and he reportedly said, “An incest crime.” He reportedly admitted he and Teague lived in the same residence and were siblings, but he wouldn’t say anything further without an attorney present. As deputies transported Reidy back to his residence, they noticed a tattoo on his forearm. It reportedly matched the tattoo of the male in the video.
Bond for Teague and Reidy was set at $10,000 each.
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